Former House speakers urge permanent homeland security panel

• David Hess
• September 9, 2003

Administration officials downplay Iraq impact on deficit

• Keith Koffler
• September 9, 2003

First responders need national standards, says former lawmaker

• Chloe Albanesius
• September 9, 2003

Chambers move on appropriations, but omnibus bill is possible

• Congress Daily
• September 8, 2003

GAO says Army's chemical disposal program lacks leadership

• David McGlinchey
• September 8, 2003

Army troops, budget stretched to the limit

The U.S. Army is overcommitted, underfunded and being pressured to rapidly change its old ways of warfighting. Will the best Army in the world finally break?

• James Kitfield
• September 8, 2003

EEOC official says agency should review salaries, rent to save money

• Amelia Gruber
• September 8, 2003

White House says $87B should cover fiscal 2004 costs

• Keith Koffler
• September 8, 2003

Contractor challenges e-travel bid process

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• September 8, 2003

Senate panel awaits Pentagon response to tanker lease plan

• Amy Svitak
• September 8, 2003

Senators float plan to resolve Air Force tanker lease flap

Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John Warner, R-Va., and ranking member Carl Levin, D-Mich., Thursday urged the Pentagon to consider leasing up to 25 refueling aircraft in the near term while buying the remaining number of tankers later through traditional procurement practices.

• Amy Svitak
• September 5, 2003

White House threatens veto over proposed A-76 amendments

President Bush will likely veto the $90 billion 2004 Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill if the final version includes language impeding his administration’s competitive sourcing initiative, the Office of Management and Budget said Thursday.

• Amelia Gruber
• September 5, 2003

House votes to freeze locality pay areas until 2005

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• September 5, 2003

Panel faults oversight of Air Force Academy

• Kellie Lunney
• September 5, 2003

Judge sends TSA bargaining rights case back to labor board

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• September 5, 2003

House panel wary of plan for disabled vets' benefits

• Congress Daily
• September 5, 2003

Law could allow military to keep drug information from personnel

• David Ruppe
• September 5, 2003

Fewer employees at Energy Department to undergo lie-detector tests

• Amelia Gruber
• September 5, 2003

House chairman favors temporary terrorist-threat center

• William New
• September 5, 2003

Contractor workforce grows as civil service shrinks

The government’s “shadow workforce” of contractors grew by 727,000 positions between 1999 and 2002, while the civil service got smaller, according to a new estimate by the Brookings Institution.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• September 4, 2003