Report says Tricare management flaws could cause health provider shortage

• Amelia Gruber
• April 2, 2003

Pay reform should include input from employees, stakeholders say

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 1, 2003

Postal Service may face tough times

• Matthew Weinstock
• April 1, 2003

Defense finance system upgrade failing, investigators say

• Maureen Sirhal
• March 31, 2003

Government flunks sixth straight financial audit

The federal government failed its sixth consecutive financial audit, even though 21 of the 24 major agencies received clean opinions on their fiscal 2002 financial statements.

• Amelia Gruber
• March 31, 2003

Bill would let Coast Guard award retention bonuses

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 31, 2003

Agencies put thousands of jobs up for competition

A promise President Bush made during the 2000 campaign—to put the jobs of 425,000 civil servants up for competition with contractors—has resonated far and wide inside the federal workforce.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 31, 2003

Stakeholders optimistic EEOC will agree to reforms

• Amelia Gruber
• March 28, 2003

Accounting error led Defense agency to outsource jobs

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 28, 2003

Overtime pay for some federal workers could change

Overtime pay rates for some federal workers could change if the Office of Personnel Management follows the Labor Department’s lead in revising its overtime regulations.

• Brian Friel
• March 28, 2003

Reinventing Iraq will require bureaucratic overhaul

The good news is that Iraq has robust governmental institutions. The bad news is that rebuilding the country after the war will require dismantling them.

• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Corine Hegland
• March 27, 2003

Fix for Postal retirement payments gaining ground

• Matthew Weinstock
• March 27, 2003

House panel questions FAA management, spending

• John Stanton
• March 27, 2003

Report: Fraudulent use of FAA charge cards rampant

• Congress Daily
• March 27, 2003

House committee approves expedited SEC hiring process

• Congress Daily
• March 26, 2003

USDA civil rights nominee pledges to end discrimination

• Jerry Hagstrom
• March 26, 2003

OMB to stick with current definition of 'inherently governmental'

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 26, 2003

Contractor to oversee humanitarian supplies entering Iraqi port

• Amelia Gruber
• March 26, 2003

Hundreds of IT projects deemed ‘at risk’

• Matthew Weinstock
• March 26, 2003

Agencies craft policies for dealing with ‘severe’ terror threat

Federal executives across the country are developing policies to help them decide when to close federal offices and how best to protect their employees if the nation’s threat level is raised to red.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 26, 2003