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Pay & Benefits

McCain draws some union support

Service Employees International Union has endorsed Obama, but 25 percent of members are registered Republicans.

Tech

Homeland Security unveils new cybersecurity division, seeks chief

The Homeland Security Department on Friday officially unveiled its cybersecurity division, but the unit still lacks a leader.

Tech

Administration has hits, misses in implementing management agenda

The administration's ambitious plan to expand electronic government is meeting bureaucratic resistance on Capitol Hill.

Management

Think tank urges Democrats to focus on government reform

Democrats need to make reforming government, including overhauling the civil service structure, a key policy issue, or they will continue to be painted as the party that supports "big government," a Democratic think tank asserted Thursday.