Defense

Three departments offer important lessons on reorganization

The last three Cabinet departments to be cobbled together from scattered components—Defense, Transportation, and Energy—all offer important lessons for today.

Pay & Benefits

Catch-up slowdown

A bill that would let federal workers over age 50 contribute more money each year to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts has hit a roadblock on Capitol Hill.

Defense

Senate in a hurry on homeland security bill

Management

FAA contractors approved flight licenses for Sept. 11 suspect

The man suspected of flying a plane into the Pentagon on Sept. 11 obtained three federal flight licenses from private contractors working for the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency spokesman confirmed Thursday.

Defense

House leaders agree on plan for homeland security process

Pay & Benefits

Patent Office suspends telecommuting program

Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office have put a popular telecommuting program on hold while they negotiate the terms of a new program with an employee union.

Defense

Bush signs bioterrorism bill