The numbers' cruncher

• John Maggs
• March 5, 2001

Safety first

• Mark Murray
• March 5, 2001

FERC: Back in fashion

• Margaret Kriz
• March 5, 2001

A civil servant with clout

• Spencer Rich
• March 5, 2001

In search of a super-scientist

• Cyril T. Zaneski
• March 5, 2001

Defense personnel waiting longer for clearances

Top-secret security clearances for Defense Department employees are taking longer to complete than they did last year, according to the department’s deputy inspector general.

• Kellie Lunney
• March 5, 2001

FBI steps up lie-detector tests in wake of spy case

The FBI will require employees to take lie-detector tests more frequently in response to allegations that a senior counterintelligence agent spied for Moscow for 15 years.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 5, 2001

Senate budget chair says 4 percent spending increase not enough

• Lisa Caruso
• March 5, 2001

House panel seeks results of computer security tests

• Congress Daily
• March 5, 2001

Labor lobbies Congress in defense of ergonomics rule

• William New
• March 5, 2001

Senate panel votes to raise SEC pay

• Michael Steel
• March 5, 2001

Panel backs greater role for small business watchdog office

• Michael Steel
• March 5, 2001

Publishers plan massive lobbying effort against postal rate hike

• Louis Jacobson
• March 2, 2001

Patent office increases preserved in Bush budget

• Drew Clark
• March 2, 2001

Bush offers flat budget for military

• George C. Wilson
• March 2, 2001

Administration discovers--surprise!--that Congress likes pork

• David Baumann
• March 2, 2001

Defense to clarify education requirement for contract specialists

• Kellie Lunney
• March 2, 2001

Budget hints at cost-cutting measures for federal health plans

• Katy Saldarini
• March 2, 2001

Agencies get finances in order

For the first time ever, half of the 24 largest federal agencies have submitted clean and on-time audit opinions to Congress.

• Katy Saldarini
• March 2, 2001

Key senator criticizes early Bush management moves

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 2, 2001