Defense

Agencies urged to share intelligence data

News

Senators press House to federalize airport security

Pay & Benefits

Federal pension checks to go up 2.6 percent

Federal retirees in the Civil Service Retirement System will get a 2.6 percent cost-of-living increase in their pension checks in January. The cost-of-living increase for retirees’ annuities in the Federal Employees Retirement System will be 2 percent.

News

Anthrax suspected in two postal deaths

News

Sweeps continue as House, Senate prepare to return

News

Hero-crats: From faceless to famous

The heroes of the war on terrorism are likely to be faceless civil servants who are finally getting credit for doing the critical but little-noticed jobs they have always done.

News

Bioterror expert says threat has escalated

Defense

Military resists role in homeland defense

News

Postal Service moving to protect workers, mail

Defense

Homeland defense effort breaks down walls of government

More than 40 agencies are fighting the war on terrorism. But it may be interagency coordination that will win it.

Defense

Special forces begin ground operations