Pay & Benefits
Federal retirements fall short of projections
Almost 20 percent fewer federal employees retired in fiscal 2001 than government officials had predicted, Office of Personnel Management statistics show.
Management
Results-oriented President uses levers of power
In his first year in office, President Bush has not been shy about flexing his executive muscles and using his authority over the bureaucracy to push his agenda.
Pay & Benefits
Long-term relationship
A statistical review of the Thrift Savings Plan, which most federal employees are sticking with through the current stock market woes.
Defense
Aviation security agency faces budget, staffing challenges
Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead told a House panel Wednesday that the new Transportation Security Administration faces "tremendous budgetary challenges" in implementing baggage-screening technology and must hire 40,000 employees to provide air security.
Management