News
Deal near on federalizing airport security workers
The Senate may bring up a bill as early as Thursday to beef up security at the nation's airports and in airplanes, as the White House signals it will accept federalization of security workers.
News
GSA announces per diem changes, rate review
Federal travelers can stay at nicer hotels in four locations in Virginia, under per diem rate changes that the General Services Administration announced last week.
Defense
Defense review calls for major management changes
The Defense Department must improve how it recruits and retains workers, eliminate unneeded infrastructure and outsource some support jobs, according to the newly released Quadrennial Defense Review.
Pay & Benefits
Taxpayer group urges Congress to cut pay raise
A taxpayer group last week asked members of Congress to deny themselves a pay raise next year. If Congress doesn’t get a raise, top government executives won’t get a raise either.
Homeland Security
Pulling Together
At the Pentagon, generals and privates, executives and laborers found themselves side by side on a front line none could previously have imagined.
Homeland Security