On aircraft carrier, life—and war—go on

• George Cahlink
• April 1, 2003

Postal Service may face tough times

• Matthew Weinstock
• April 1, 2003

Senate Dems unveil plan to boost homeland spending

• Mark Wegner, William New and April Fulton
• April 1, 2003

House spending panel takes up war supplemental

• Bill Ghent
• April 1, 2003

New department begins pay and personnel overhaul

The Homeland Security Department’s 170,000 employees will have a say in a plan to replace federal civil service rules with new rules governing their pay, hiring, evaluation and union involvement, department officials announced Tuesday.

• Brian Friel
• April 1, 2003

Despite concerns, EPA backs enviro exemption for Defense Department

• John Stanton
• April 1, 2003

Homeland Security Department memo on personnel system design launch

• April 1, 2003

FBI to maintain separate information analysis center

• Bara Vaida
• April 1, 2003

Security department may oversee Internet infrastructure

• Maureen Sirhal
• April 1, 2003

Pay reform should include input from employees, stakeholders say

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 1, 2003

Where the Knowledge Is

• Pete Smith
• April 1, 2003

Clearing port for humanitarian relief is painstaking process

UMM QASR, IRAQ—Coalition forces have cleared a channel to this key Iraqi city for the delivery of humanitarian supplies, but a lot more work remains before the port is fully open.

• George Cahlink
• March 31, 2003

Agencies put thousands of jobs up for competition

A promise President Bush made during the 2000 campaign—to put the jobs of 425,000 civil servants up for competition with contractors—has resonated far and wide inside the federal workforce.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 31, 2003

Bill would let Coast Guard award retention bonuses

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 31, 2003

Government flunks sixth straight financial audit

The federal government failed its sixth consecutive financial audit, even though 21 of the 24 major agencies received clean opinions on their fiscal 2002 financial statements.

• Amelia Gruber
• March 31, 2003

Airport screeners question pay policy

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 31, 2003

Pentagon seeks tech-savvy workers

• William New
• March 31, 2003

Lawmakers ready to 'fast track' supplemental spending bill

• Bill Ghent
• March 31, 2003

Defense finance system upgrade failing, investigators say

• Maureen Sirhal
• March 31, 2003

TSA seeks to slash airport screener workforce

• Congress Daily
• March 28, 2003