Pay & Benefits

Federal employees’ health premiums to rise up to 20 percent

Federal employees will pay up to 20 percent more for health coverage next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday.

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Senate approves 4.6 percent pay raise

Federal workers would get a 4.6 percent average pay raise, under a bill approved by the Senate this week.

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Airport security won’t be turned over to the government yet

The Bush administration is not yet ready to turn airport security over to the federal government, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta told Congress on Thursday.

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Bush creates homeland defense agency

In an address to Congress and the nation Thursday night, President Bush announced the creation of a new Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security.

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Fish and Wildlife Service remembers fallen comrade

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have been gathering in person and on the Internet to remember the life of a wildlife refuge manager killed in the crash of the hijacked plane in the Pennsylvania countryside last Tuesday.

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