Defense
Plan to meet baggage screening deadline takes shape
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on Wednesday announced that the government would rely more heavily on trace detection technology to meet a year-end deadline for screening checked baggage for explosives than previously planned.
News
Bush administration signs off on VA job competition strategy
The Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a process that should allow it to meet a Bush administration target for competitive sourcing—potentially forcing more than 27,000 VA employees to compete for their jobs with private companies.
Management
Alternative to traditional job competitions emerges
Federal employees who face the prospect of losing their jobs to private firms might be able to keep them under a new process developed by the Interior Department that may spread to other agencies.
Management
Agencies quietly submit annual performance reports to Congress
With virtually no fanfare, federal agencies submitted their annual performance reports to Congress last Friday.
Management
GAO ruling could cripple A-76 competitions, military services say
Hundreds of military installations could be forced to restart their public-private job competitions unless a controversial General Accounting Office ruling is overturned, according to Defense officials.
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