Defense
Lawmakers challenge streamlined visa service
A State Department service that lets foreign visa applicants apply for entry to the United States without being interviewed by consular officers should be canceled, two lawmakers told Secretary of State Colin Powell in a letter Tuesday.
Tech
E-learning site to debut next month
Federal employees will be able to take free courses about sexual harrassment, diversity, ethics and other topics on a new e-learning Web site that will debut next month, Office of Personnel Management officials said Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
Long-term care insurance program kicks off
Federal employees, military personnel, retirees and many family members will be able to sign up for government-sponsored long-term care insurance during an open season that starts Monday and runs through Dec. 31.
News
OPM seeks to tally union use of taxpayers’ time
The Bush administration is asking agencies to tally how many hours federal employees spend on the clock each year doing union business.
Defense
FBI technology upgrade more than a year away
FBI agents won’t have user-friendly, integrated computer programs to manage their investigations until December 2003, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Friday.
Pay & Benefits
Cop wars
Agencies are battling for law enforcement officers by boosting their pay and benefits.
Defense
Customs officers get 21 percent pay hikes
About 2,500 Customs Service agents will get 21 percent raises in August, the head of the Customs Service announced Monday.
Defense
New agency could bring new pay system
Federal employees who join the proposed Department of Homeland Security could end up under an entirely new pay system and lose their right to unionize under the Bush administration’s legislative proposal for the new department.
Defense
Panel to assess FBI reorganization plan
Former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh will head a congressionally appointed panel that will assess the FBI’s reorganization plans, the National Academy for Public Administration announced Friday.
Pay & Benefits
Catch-up slowdown
A bill that would let federal workers over age 50 contribute more money each year to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts has hit a roadblock on Capitol Hill.
Defense
White House discusses new agency with federal union leaders
White House officials met with the leaders of the two largest federal unions on Friday to talk about how the proposed creation of the Department of Homeland Security would affect federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
The loneliest number
How many federal workers got student loan help from Uncle Sam last year?
Defense
Personnel reform, but no layoffs, envisioned for new department
No federal employees would be laid off if a 170,000-person Department of Homeland Security is created by consolidating dozens of existing federal offices, the Bush administration said.
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