Management

House scraps Pentagon job competition provisions

The House removed a series of measures in the Defense authorization bill on Tuesday that would have limited outsourcing and allowed Defense employees to compete for work that is traditionally reserved for contractors.

Defense

Bush releases funds to repair Pentagon

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The Counterterrorism Bureaucracy

A list of the federal government organizations with counterterrorism responsibilities

Defense

Defense Department continues to push for base closings

Military base closings and realignments are even more necessary in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

News

Postal Service requests 8.7 percent rate increase

Pay & Benefits

Health plans to drop 135,000 federal workers and retirees

Thousands of federal workers and retirees must choose new health care coverage for next year because their health insurance companies are dropping them, the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday.

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Defense

Waging a war unlike any other

The foe has a different ideology, and comes from a different place, but the new struggle against terror will likely be as intractable, varied, and dangerous as the 40-year Cold War we just left behind.