Pay & Benefits

Keep on rolling

New rules will allow feds to roll over more money into their TSP accounts.

Pay & Benefits

Law calls for 18.6 percent federal pay raise

Federal employees should get an average pay raise of 18.56 percent in 2003 under a 1990 law, a new Congressional Research Service report says.

News

GOP leaders hopeful of a nominally balanced budget

Management

Agencies have much to translate, but not enough translators

Federal agencies need to get a better handle on their foreign language shortfalls, a new General Accounting Office report says.

News

Senator pledges to advance anti-discrimination bill

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., committed to moving a federal anti-discrimination bill out of committee and onto the Senate floor after meeting with the Rev. Al Sharpton and a group of federal employees Tuesday afternoon.

Management

Senators blast Bush competitive sourcing plan

A bipartisan group of senators assailed a Bush administration plan to let private firms bid on thousands of federal jobs Wednesday, saying the measure could hamper federal recruiting efforts and weaken the civil service.

Defense

Truth be told

The leak about a ministry of truth at the Pentagon was a huge favor for all Americans.