Unions crank up lobbying effort on homeland bill

• Charlie Mitchell
• July 24, 2002

New site offers free online courses for federal workers

Federal workers can take free online courses on about 30 subjects ranging from project management to coping with stress through a government-sponsored Web site that debuted Tuesday.

• Brian Friel
• July 23, 2002

House leader defends congressional pay raises

• Congress Daily
• July 22, 2002

Bush urges waiver of civil service rules in homeland department

• Keith Koffler and Mark Wegner
• July 22, 2002

Postal Service ends controversial bonus program for managers

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 22, 2002

House panel votes down civil service protections

Two attempts to give standard civil service protections to federal employees at the proposed Homeland Security Department were defeated at a House hearing Friday.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

Unions pleased with civil service protections in Lieberman bill

• Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

New centers promote telecommuting among federal employees

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 19, 2002

Deal on civil service issues eludes House homeland panel

House Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal Thursday on civil service protections for the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department—setting up a partisan clash over the issue in a markup Friday.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

GOP seeks to broker deal on civil service issues in homeland bill

House Republicans are scrambling to reach a compromise with Democrats over the civil service rules that would govern the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 18, 2002

NASA chief defends personnel flexibility for management plan

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 18, 2002

A 4.1 percent raise

The next steps for the 2003 federal pay increase.

• Brian Friel
• July 18, 2002

Army personnel continue to abuse government charge cards

Despite more than two years of congressional scrutiny and stiffer penalties, some Army employees continue to abuse government-issued travel and purchase cards, witnesses told lawmakers at a House hearing Wednesday.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 17, 2002

Full Senate panel backs 4.1 percent raise, rejects outsourcing quotas

• Kellie Lunney
• July 17, 2002

Administration defends request for waiver of civil service rules

OPM Director Kay Coles James urged Congress Tuesday to grant the secretary of the new Homeland Security Department broad freedom to waive civil service laws.

• Mark Wegner and Brody Mullins
• July 16, 2002

Panel approves pay raise, rejects OMB job competition plan

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal employees and voted to curb a White House plan to let private firms bid on thousands of federal jobs.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 12, 2002

House panel backs civil service protections in homeland bill

The House Government Reform Committee has voted to ensure that federal employees slated to move into the proposed Department of Homeland Security retain civil service protections.

• Molly M. Peterson
• July 12, 2002

GovBenefits site adds more federal programs

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 12, 2002

Dem leaders grill administration officials on homeland department

House Democratic leaders pointedly questioned Bush administration officials Thursday about proposed changes to civil service rules in the bill to create a Homeland Security Department.

• Brody Mullins
• July 11, 2002

CFTC seeks to implement new pay scale

• Jerry Hagstrom
• July 11, 2002