House GOPer unveils effort to target pork in omnibus bill

• Jeffrey Hipp
• April 10, 2003

Senate panel: No more 'diplomacy on a shoestring'

• Margo MacFarland
• April 10, 2003

Senate committee expands powers of EPA ombudsman

• David Morris
• April 10, 2003

Diplomats give Powell high marks after two years

Secretary of State Colin Powell is fulfilling his promise to revitalize the State Department after decades of management neglect at the department, a council of current and former diplomats say in a new report.

• Brian Friel
• April 10, 2003

Park Service defends handling of tractor standoff on Mall

• Amelia Gruber
• April 10, 2003

House, Senate leaders seek to break logjam on war spending bill

• Lisa Caruso and Mark Wegner
• April 10, 2003

Senator asks Bush to consider drones for homeland use

• Richard H.P. Sia
• April 10, 2003

Homeland R&D chief laments lack of staff

• Bara Vaida
• April 10, 2003

FBI director says tech investments are paying off

• Drew Clark
• April 10, 2003

OPM launches program to diversify senior executive corps

To help increase diversity in the Senior Executive Service, the Office of Personnel Management has created a new program to help develop a more diverse pool of candidates for positions in the government’s top management corps.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 10, 2003

Fair pay

Some lawmakers, feds are leery of pay-for-performance measures.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 10, 2003

Senate chair poised to offer first responder bill

• Maureen Sirhal
• April 9, 2003

Add-ons to war spending bill hold up negotiations

• Bill Ghent
• April 9, 2003

Congressional visit to troops scrubbed at request of military

• Congress Daily
• April 9, 2003

Some contractors would be exempt from oversight under proposal

Certain federal contractors would no longer have to follow key oversight and accounting rules on contracts worth up to $200 million under legislation being drafted by the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• April 9, 2003

FEMA offers first responders instant messaging service

• Amelia Gruber
• April 9, 2003

Congress passes bill redirecting postal pension payments

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 9, 2003

Homeland privacy officer to review passenger-screening system

• Bara Vaida
• April 9, 2003

House homeland chairman takes analytical approach

• Siobhan Gorman
• April 9, 2003

Iraq and beyond

Pundits should spend less time second-guessing the Bush administration's military strategy in Iraq and more time pushing for the president to make the right decisions in the weeks and months ahead.

• Stuart Taylor
• April 8, 2003