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Pork barrel spending on the rise

Management

Bush links FAIR Act lists to outsourcing goals

Agencies must put up for competition at least 5 percent of the positions on their Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act lists over the next fiscal year, OMB has announced.

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Pay & Benefits

Free health care!

Some Defense civilians get a break on health insurance premiums. Plus, higher TSP limits and long-term care news.

Defense

Feds prepare state, local governments for terrorist attacks

The federal government has spent the past five years in a race to help local governments prepare for a chemical attack by terrorists. The initial sprint was good; the middle distance is proving to be harder.

Pay & Benefits

Retirees rate OPM highly

News

Democrats offer details of budget cuts' impact on agencies

House Budget Committee Democrats estimate President Bush's fiscal 2002 budget blueprint would require average cuts of 6.6 percent from certain federal agencies.