Pay & Benefits
Packin’ it in
Agencies can now use early outs when they need to realign their workforce.
Management
Union sues Bush administration over new job competition rules
The National Treasury Employees Union is suing the Bush administration over new rules for putting federal jobs up for competition with private firms, alleging the revised Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 violates federal law.
Defense
Border agency merger already paying dividends, official says
The merger of four federal border agencies into the new Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has already tightened security along the U.S. border, an official guiding the reorganization said Wednesday.
Defense