Army seeks waiver from '50-50' law on contracting repair work

The unrelenting pace of operations in Iraq is forcing the Army to request an exemption from a federal law limiting the amount of equipment repair work that can be contracted out.

• George Cahlink
• October 17, 2003

Union to fight for employee-friendly pay system at Homeland Security

• Shawn Zeller
• October 17, 2003

Defense procurement rule confounds contractors

• Amelia Gruber
• October 17, 2003

Foes attack idea of exempting control towers from privatization

• Zach Patton
• October 17, 2003

Legislators launch fight to take Patent Office off-budget

• Drew Clark
• October 16, 2003

Pentagon official grilled on inability to track costs

• Amy Svitak
• October 16, 2003

Lawmakers aim to curb purchase card abuse

• Matthew Weinstock
• October 16, 2003

House, Senate ponder stagnant appropriations process

• Peter Cohn
• October 16, 2003

Senior executive ranks not diverse enough, says OPM official

The Senior Executive Service is not as diverse as it should be, and despite recent increases in the number of minorities and women in the top ranks of the federal civil service, “progress remains unacceptably slow,” an Office of Personnel Management official said Wednesday.

• Shawn Zeller
• October 16, 2003

Lack of funding, resources limit EPA enforcement, IG finds

• John Stanton
• October 16, 2003

Law could stop A-76 studies for thousands of Defense employees

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• October 16, 2003

Lawmaker sees hurdles to effective Defense transformation

• Greta Wodele
• October 15, 2003

House to vote on renewing defense production rules

• William New
• October 15, 2003

TSA will 'move aggressively' to provide screener guidance

• Chris Strohm
• October 15, 2003

Postal Service wants to build mail irradiation center

• Matthew Weinstock
• October 15, 2003

Machinists win job competition, but may face pay cuts

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• October 15, 2003

Postal workers sue over anthrax exposure

A group of Washington-area Postal Service employees who claim they were deliberately left in harm’s way during the 2001 anthrax attacks plan to file a class action suit Wednesday against the agency.

• Matthew Weinstock
• October 14, 2003

Airport industry presses TSA for guidance on using private screeners

• Chris Strohm
• October 14, 2003

Pension agency slips into deepening financial trouble

• Emily Heil
• October 14, 2003

Most agency personnel decisions upheld on appeal

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 10, 2003