Management

Postal panel tackles collective bargaining, pay

The Postal Service should have the authority to negotiate retiree pension and health care benefits that are different from those offered under existing federal plans, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.

Defense

Korean War II?

A former North Korean Communist calls on the U.S. military to effect "regime change" in the country.

Tech

Spy market

News

OPM rejects GAO recommendation to rebid jobs site contract

The Office of Personnel Management has decided to ignore a recommendation from the General Accounting Office to rebid a contract to redesign the federal jobs Web site.

News

Backlog of whistleblower complaints piles up

The number of civil servants who lodge allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies is growing, and they aren’t getting timely responses to their complaints.

Defense

Lawmakers seek to overhaul postwar reconstruction efforts

With the prospects of U.S. soldiers languishing in Iraq for years, some lawmakers are calling for better planning of federal agencies' involvement in future reconstruction efforts.