Management
Administration to consider privatizing air traffic control
The Bush administration is likely to consider privatizing the nation’s air traffic control system, but observers say the proposal won't be an easy sell.
Management
Agencies turn in audits on time--and most pass muster
For the first time ever, all 24 federal agencies covered by the 1990 Chief Financial Officers Act turned in audited financial statements on time this year.
News
FBI steps up lie-detector tests in wake of spy case
The FBI will require employees to take lie-detector tests more frequently in response to allegations that a senior counterintelligence agent spied for Moscow for 15 years.
Management
Reforms in Bush budget include anti-shutdown measure
The threat of government shutdowns would no longer loom over federal workers under a proposal included in President Bush’s budget outline.
Pay & Benefits
Bush budget includes 3.6 percent pay raise next year
President Bush's budget includes a 3.6 percent pay increase for civilian workers in 2002. If that figure holds, the administration would de-link military and civilian raises for the first time since 1986.
Management
Bush not linking performance to budget yet
President Bush’s first budget will not include provisions that tie federal agencies’ funding to management performance, a top architect of the President’s budget said Tuesday.
Defense
Air Force contract bundling effort upheld
The General Accounting Office has ruled that a huge Air Force weapons maintenance contract does not violate laws designed to protect small businesses from bundled contracting practices.
Management
Senators blast effort to delay contractor ethics rules
Three senators have asked the Bush administration to stop agencies from suspending a controversial rule that sets ethics standards for government contractors.
Pay & Benefits
Unsuspecting Army employees may qualify for overtime
Thousands of civilian Army employees may be eligible for overtime pay even though they haven’t been getting it.
Pay & Benefits
Bush pledges $1.4 billion for military pay raises
As anticipated, President Bush Monday pledged a $1.4 billion pay raise for military personnel next year in a move to improve military readiness and lift morale.
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