SEC to return part of its 2003 appropriations

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 24, 2003

Postal panel tackles collective bargaining, pay

The Postal Service should have the authority to negotiate retiree pension and health care benefits that are different from those offered under existing federal plans, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.

• Amelia Gruber
• July 23, 2003

Defense opposes union-backed changes to job competition process

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 23, 2003

FBI director says agency has become 'flexible and agile'

• Drew Clark
• July 23, 2003

House committee backs NASA workforce flexibility

• Spencer Rich
• July 23, 2003

Lawmaker hopes panel's report will drive reform at Postal Service

• Amelia Gruber
• July 22, 2003

Former IRS chiefs lament agency’s slow reform progress

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 18, 2003

VA reworks outsourcing report; says it will show cost savings

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 18, 2003

House restricts job competitions at Park Service, Defense

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 18, 2003

Lawmakers renew push to tighten contractor ethics standards

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would make it easier for agencies to locate companies with histories of misbehavior and bar them from federal contracting work.

• Amelia Gruber
• July 18, 2003

German gun maker wins TSA contract to arm airline pilots

The Transportation Security Administration has selected the German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch to supply the handguns the agency will use to arm commercial airline pilots.

• Richard H.P. Sia
• July 18, 2003

House panel offers property management flexibility

• Desda Moss
• July 18, 2003

House panel snags on Army Corps reforms

• Juliana Gruenwald
• July 18, 2003

House budgeteers seek fraud-fighting advice

• Roxanne Yaghoubi
• July 18, 2003

House GOP frosh create waste-watching brigade

• Tom Shoop
• July 17, 2003

Legislation to slow job competitions at two agencies survives—for now

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 17, 2003

White House threatens veto of Interior bill over provision

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 16, 2003

Panel urges Postal Service to consolidate

To improve its financial health, the Postal Service should consolidate its facilities and should consider outsourcing tasks “incidental” to delivering the mail, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.

• Amelia Gruber
• July 16, 2003

VA asks Congress for $75 million to restart competitive sourcing program

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 16, 2003

Agencies told to let career employees monitor political job vacancies

• Kellie Lunney
• July 16, 2003