Editor's Notebook

Making A Difference

Pay & Benefits

Law enforcement officers seek higher pay

Federal law enforcement officers would get higher overtime pay under a bill that will be introduced in the House Thursday.

Management

OMB program reviews could lead to cuts

Federal programs that budget reviewers decide are ineffective could lose funding or face elimination next year.

Defense

Crusader becomes target in defense transition debate

Last week's decision to eliminate the Army's $11 billion Crusader artillery program illustrates the landmines Pentagon officials face as they try to move the military into the information age.

Overview

Management Counts

Defense

Reform crusade

The move to kill the Army's Crusader artillery weapon may be only the first move in the Pentagon's effort to rein in runaway weapons costs.

Defense

Bush signs border security bill

Pay & Benefits

Debt crisis forces Treasury to tap employee retirement funds again

For the second time this year, the Treasury Department will suspend daily investments of billions of dollars of federal employees’ retirement funds to avoid breaking the federal debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill said Tuesday.