Defense
Lawmakers rip Pentagon plan to relocate civilian employees
House panel questions why employees at Defense facilities need security standards more stringent than those for other federal workers.
Management
White House floating compromise on postal overhaul bill
Plan could break stalemate with legislators.
Pay & Benefits
Bush administration, House at odds over 2006 pay raise
White House says across-the-board raise will hurt pay-for-performance efforts at Defense and Homeland Security.
Management
OMB, lawmakers spar over bid to overhaul civil service
Legislators reluctant to expand personnel reforms to entire federal workforce before seeing results at the Defense and Homeland Security departments.
Defense
House, Senate spar on protecting DHS whistleblowers
Bills in each chamber differ on whether to extend whistleblower rights to employees.
Management
Postal measure clears Senate panel; floor action uncertain
Bull shifts payment for the agency's military pensions back to the Treasury Department.
News
Conservatives still waiting for response to concerns on postal overhaul
GOPers blast bill sponsored by Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., saying it increases the budget deficit.
Management
Senate committee approves measure that tweaks FOIA
Measure is a companion bill to broader legislation to overhaul the Freedom of Information Act.
Management
House to vote on postal overhaul bill
White House and bill's sponsors continue to negotiate over military pension language.
Management
Appropriators wary of requiring OMB to rate programs
Lawmakers fear legislation would give the White House too much control over agency activities.
Management
House chair questions agencies on food inspection duplication
FDA official counters that few facilities are inspected by more than one agency.
Pay & Benefits
Idea of TSP real estate fund gains ground on Capitol Hill
Passage of the measure would mark the first time the plan was changed over the objections of the TSP board of directors.
News
GAO: Postal Service must revamp operations to stay solvent
Report makes some of same recommendations included in postal reform legislation approved by House panel last month.
Management
House panel approves GSA reorganization
But Government Reform Committee members strike provision requiring that head of proposed Federal Acquisition Service be a political appointee.
News
Postal lobbyists plot next round for overhaul legislation
Backers are now trying to win over the White House, congressional leaders and House conservatives.
Management
White House, Congress at odds over postal law interpretation
Military pension funding remains a point of contention.
News
White House adamantly opposed to Senate postal bill
Administration won't support a Postal Service proposal to transfer to the Treasury Department the costs of retirement benefits related to employees' military service.
News
Lawmakers to team up on hiring legislation
Tom Davis, R-Va., and Jon Porter, R-Nev., seek to speed the federal hiring process; unions are wary.
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