Pay & Benefits
Where the bonuses are
Federal executives' bonuses hinge partly on what agency they work for.
Defense
Senate backs away from potential homeland personnel deal
A deal in the Senate on homeland security legislation remains unlikely after a day of back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats over the bill.
Defense
Senate Republicans block homeland vote until after elections
Senate Republicans Thursday again blocked a vote on a key homeland security amendment, scuttling any chance Congress would create a Homeland Security Department before the elections.
News
Customs accused of failing to protect against nuclear smuggling
General Accounting Office officials told congressional investigators Thursday that the United States has supplied Russia with more sophisticated radiation detection equipment than the United States uses at its own borders.
Management
Agencies report 75,000 jobs could be outsourced
More than 75,000 federal jobs in nearly two dozen agencies could be performed by private-sector workers, according to job inventories released Thursday.
Defense