Defense
Ridge outlines domestic security plan, promises mayors more money
Financial aid will soon be on the way to cities that need it for homeland defense missions, Office of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge told members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Wednesday.
Management
Experts sound off on ways to improve government management
Improving agency performance in the federal government is a difficult, long-term process, but it can be done, according to a panel of experts who gathered Friday to discuss President Bush’s management agenda.
Pay & Benefits
Social Security Administration settles race discrimination suit
The Social Security Administration agreed Friday to pay $7.75 million to settle a discrimination suit lodged by 2,200 black male employees in 1995.
Pay & Benefits
OPM, union settle special rates pay case for $173 million
After more than 19 years of legal wrangling and tense negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union, the federal government has agreed to pay more than $173 million to settle a back pay case that affects at least 212,000 current and former “special rate” employees.
Pay & Benefits