Placing blame

President Bush has run into his first confrontation with the military, over criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire incident.

• George C. Wilson
• October 22, 2002

GAO to investigate personnel changes at Health and Human Services

• Congress Daily
• October 22, 2002

Lawmaker raps Bush administration on pay raise, outsourcing

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 22, 2002

Military depots can’t tell how much work they outsource

Military depots do a poor job of tracking how much work they contract out, according to a new General Accounting Office report.

• George Cahlink
• October 22, 2002

Budget, homeland battles leave INS tech future up in the air

• Shane Harris
• October 22, 2002

Agencies collaborate with industry on nuclear supercomputer

• National Journal
• October 22, 2002

Pentagon bid to study nuclear-tipped missile interceptors rejected

• David Ruppe
• October 22, 2002

Results of federal media campaigns difficult to measure

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• October 22, 2002

Senate passes several federal benefits bills

The Senate on Thursday approved three minor benefits bills that would affect injured federal workers, Smithsonian Institution employees and Overseas Private Investment Corporation employees.

• Brian Friel
• October 21, 2002

Bush's point man: Cheney stakes out new vice presidential territory

In the Bush administration, Dick Cheney is like a seasoned infantryman, "walking point" for the leader of his unit.

• Carl M. Cannon
• October 21, 2002

Training program seeks to groom next crop of senior executives

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 21, 2002

Report says visa process improved after terrorist attacks

• National Journal
• October 21, 2002

Lawmakers seek compromise on appropriations in lame-duck session

• Bill Ghent
• October 21, 2002

Effort to double funding for science agency hits Senate snag

• William New
• October 21, 2002

Federal retirees' cost-of-living increases set

Retired federal employees will receive a 1.4 percent cost-of-living increase in their pensions this winter.

• Brian Friel
• October 18, 2002

Senate joins House in calling it quits

• Brody Mullins
• October 18, 2002

Senate drops user fee plan to reach port security agreement

• April Fulton
• October 18, 2002

Defense authorization stalled over disabled vets' benefits

• Deborah Shapley
• October 18, 2002

Poll finds public support for agency purchases from blind, disabled

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 18, 2002

Pentagon deploys massive personnel and pay system

The Defense Department has finished setting up a massive computer system to handle pay, benefits and personnel records for the more than 800,000 civilians that work for the department worldwide, according to Pentagon officials.

• Brian Friel
• October 18, 2002