Defense

Senior executives oppose labor rights measure in homeland bill

The Senior Executives Association urged the Senate Friday to reject an amendment to legislation creating a Homeland Security Department that would guarantee union rights for employees folded into the new organization.

Management

Hundreds of thousands of Army employees could face outsourcing

In what would be the biggest privatization project ever attempted by a federal agency, the Army is planning to let private companies compete for the jobs of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians.

Pay & Benefits

Fear and longing

Some feds can’t wait for pay reform. Others dread it.

Management

Senator blasts White House over printing issue

The White House does not have the authority to declare unconstitutional a law requiring federal agencies to go through the Government Printing Office to buy printing goods and services, a Senator said this week.

Defense

EPA reveals homeland security plan

Defense

Bush steps up demand for action on homeland security bill

President Bush Thursday sharpened his call for Congress to send him homeland security legislation, insisting that lawmakers not go home until the bill is finished.

Pay & Benefits

Cape Codders to get locality pay; others left out

The Federal Salary Council on Tuesday said federal employees in Cape Cod should be paid as much as federal employees in Boston, a change that would put thousands of more dollars into the pockets of Cape Cod employees each year.