Defense
Homeland Security opens with a lean headquarters operation
Only about 100 employees of the Homeland Security Department will immediately relocate to the agency’s temporary headquarters in Washington, Secretary Tom Ridge said Friday.
Pay & Benefits
Key civil service lawmaker unseated; others cruise to victory
Key lawmakers on civil service committees overwhelmingly retained their seats Tuesday in this year’s House and Senate elections. The lone exception was in Maryland's 8th District, where Democratic state Sen. Chris Van Hollen upended Rep. Connie Morella, an eight-term Republican.
Management
Agencies report 75,000 jobs could be outsourced
More than 75,000 federal jobs in nearly two dozen agencies could be performed by private-sector workers, according to job inventories released Thursday.
Defense
Terror threat rises, but employees stay on the job
Attorney General John Ashcroft on Tuesday raised the threat level of possible terrorist attacks against the United States from “elevated” to the “high,” orange level, but directed federal employees to report to work as usual.
Management
Patent office to begin testing examiners’ skills
The Patent and Trademark Office plans to start testing its patent examiners and managers, and will make them take refresher courses if they fail.
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