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Lax controls at postal facilities result in missing money
About $6.3 million in cash and checks were stolen or embezzled from the Postal Service during fiscal 2001 because employees failed to follow security procedures, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
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White House restores bonuses for appointees
Political appointees throughout the federal government may receive cash bonuses to reward them for outstanding work, the White House said Wednesday.
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Senator vows to push for more personnel flexibilities
After his success in getting several personnel reform measures into the recently signed homeland security act, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, plans to push for more federal human resources flexibilities next year.
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Federal employees could get GAO appeal rights under A-76 revisions
In a policy change that could expand the rights of federal employees who must compete for their jobs with private contractors, new rules could allow a representative of employees to appeal A-76 decisions to the General Accounting Office.
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Most homeland security agencies to move by March
The White House released its initial plan for organizing the Homeland Security Department on Monday, including a time frame for moving agencies to the new department.
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