Pay & Benefits

President moves to limit 2004 federal pay raise

President Bush issued a plan Wednesday designed to limit the pay increase for white-collar federal employees to an average of 2 percent in 2004.

Tech

So, So Big

It’s official: The nettlesome SoBig.F computer worm is the fastest spreading in Internet history.

Management

EEOC scorecard to rate agencies’ anti-discrimination efforts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will rate agencies’ anti-discrimination efforts using a scorecard as part of a broader plan to hold agencies more accountable for discrimination in the federal workplace, EEOC officials announced Tuesday.

Pay & Benefits

GAO faults delay in charging feds for TSP overhaul

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board erred when it chose not to charge TSP members two years ago for millions of dollars paid to American Management Systems Inc. for a failed systems modernization project, according to the General Accounting Office.

Management

GAO: Agencies still wasting space

News

Contractor criticizes new federal jobs Web site

A federal human resources contractor on Thursday blamed some agencies’ recruitment difficulties on glitches with the government’s new central jobs Web site, USAJobs.