Author Archive

Bush to reinstate contractor wage law in Gulf Coast states

Areas ravaged by Katrina will again be subject to Davis-Bacon Act starting Nov. 8.

• Emily Heil and Lori Sharn
• October 26, 2005

Subcommittee approves $82.8 billion Veterans Affairs bill

Bill includes $2 billion in emergency health care funding.

• Lori Sharn
• July 20, 2005

House panel votes to strengthen whistleblower protections

Bill aimed at closing "loopholes" in Whistleblower Protection Act is similar to Senate measure passed in July.

• Lori Sharn
• September 30, 2004

House GOP quashes effort to bypass leadership's intelligence reform plan

• Greta Wodele and Lori Sharn
• September 29, 2004

Interior agencies win backing from House panel to recruit volunteers

But House Resources Committee expresses concern about use of volunteers in regulatory and legal jobs.

• Lori Sharn
• July 15, 2004

Plan to recruit nurses to VA jobs wins backing

House subcommittee approves a measure that would test use of professional recruiters and advertisers.

• Lori Sharn
• May 14, 2004

Senate panel OKs $4.5 billion to ramp up transit security

• Lori Sharn
• May 6, 2004