News

Pentagon ‘mayor’ dies from injuries sustained in car crash

David O. “Doc” Cooke, a longtime career civil servant known as the “mayor of the Pentagon,” died June 22 from injuries suffered two weeks ago in a car accident near Charlottesville, Va.

News

OPM seeks to tally union use of taxpayers’ time

The Bush administration is asking agencies to tally how many hours federal employees spend on the clock each year doing union business.

Management

Lawmakers urged to make Web sites more accessible

Leaders from government and industry gathered on Capitol Hill Thursday to urge congressional offices to voluntarily make their Web sites more accessible to the disabled.

Defense

One-stop-shop on bioterrorism at HHS may be split up

Defense

FBI technology upgrade more than a year away

FBI agents won’t have user-friendly, integrated computer programs to manage their investigations until December 2003, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Friday.

Pay & Benefits

Cop wars

Agencies are battling for law enforcement officers by boosting their pay and benefits.

Defense

Senators question Bush effort to loosen civil service rules

White House Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge faced tough questions from Senators Thursday about how the Bush administration would use the flexibility it is seeking to staff and run its proposed Homeland Security Department.