Pay & Benefits

For 9/11, a $150 pittance

Special payments for feds at the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Plus, higher premium pay on the way.

Defense

Bush administration backs plan to break up INS

The Bush administration Wednesday changed course and offered support for House passage of a bill to restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Pay & Benefits

OPM to issue federal pay review next week

The Office of Personnel Management will issue a review of federal pay next week that officials hope will trigger a debate on potential pay reforms.

Defense

Plan to meet baggage screening deadline takes shape

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on Wednesday announced that the government would rely more heavily on trace detection technology to meet a year-end deadline for screening checked baggage for explosives than previously planned.

Pay & Benefits

Low staffing may hurt federal financial oversight

Low staffing levels at the federal agencies that oversee billions of dollars in investments and international trade may be hurting the government’s ability to prevent financial crimes and to enforce trade agreements, officials said at a Senate hearing Tuesday.