Defense
Bush seeks employee support for homeland security reorganization
President Bush Wednesday asked federal employees to be patient and support his proposal for a Homeland Security Department, but did not directly address concerns about workers’ rights or pay.
Defense
Contract overpayments continue to plague Defense Department
Defense Department contractors returned $488 million in overpayments to the agency in fiscal 2001, despite the agency’s efforts to prevent improper payments, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
News
Pentagon ‘mayor’ dies from injuries sustained in car crash
David O. “Doc” Cooke, a longtime career civil servant known as the “mayor of the Pentagon,” died June 22 from injuries suffered two weeks ago in a car accident near Charlottesville, Va.
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