News

House panel votes to make agencies pay bias settlements

The House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved legislation requiring agencies to foot the bill for any judgments or settlements resulting from complaints of discrimination or retaliation against whistleblowers.

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Pay & Benefits

Bill would help woo former employees back to government

Former federal employees may soon have an incentive to return to the federal workplace, thanks to a bill introduced Tuesday by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va.

Pay & Benefits

Standing pat on pay

The Bush administration is standing by its 3.6 percent average pay raise for federal workers in 2002.

Management

Federal acquisition workforce ill-equipped for procurement reforms

The federal acquisition workforce lacks the skills and training to take full advantage of procurement innovations and reforms begun in the early to mid-1990s, according to experts who testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Management

Drop in projected retirements puts Bush management cuts at risk

President Bush’s campaign promise to eliminate 40,000 federal management positions over eight years will be harder to achieve than administration officials originally expected.