Tech

FBI's new Cyber Division quietly ramps up

To the surprise of many people in government and in the technology industry, the FBI has been quietly forming its new Cyber Division.

Defense

Interstate disaster assistance pact grows

Management

Alternative to traditional job competitions emerges

Federal employees who face the prospect of losing their jobs to private firms might be able to keep them under a new process developed by the Interior Department that may spread to other agencies.

Management

Postal Service to unveil transformation plan

In what could be the most important delivery of his career, Postmaster General John Potter today will outline plans to revitalize his ailing agency.

Defense

FBI valued career advancement over security, report says

FBI management has fostered a culture in which agents view internal security measures as bureaucratic and security investigation duties as a threat to career advancement, a special commission set up in the wake of the Robert Hanssen spying case said Friday.

News

Critics say Postal Service reform plan is weak

Pay & Benefits

Accounting games

Should the latest proposed accounting change for federal pay and benefits worry federal employees?