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Homeland security efforts help drug war, but hurt other missions
Heightened security at the nation’s borders following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is helping federal law enforcement agencies crack down on drug trafficking, but is also taking resources away from their core missions, witnesses at a House hearing said Wednesday.
Pay & Benefits
Court rejects TSP board’s $350 million lawsuit
The board that runs the federal Thrift Savings Plan cannot sue a contractor over a failed computer system modernization, a federal judge has ruled. The board is appealing the ruling.
Tech
OMB orders agencies to boost spending on computer security
The Office of Management and Budget will require federal agencies to submit budget plans that include funds for boosting computer security, a key administration official said Tuesday.
Management
Effort to adjust federal staffing overseas stalled
The government has little to show for a two-year effort aimed at “rightsizing” the federal workforce serving overseas, the General Accounting Office has found. But the Bush administration may force a reshuffling of civil servants abroad in coming years.
Pay & Benefits