GSA panel recommends outsourcing federal lodging program

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 27, 2003

Bush backs 2 percent raise; seeks performance pay fund

The Bush administration plans to give federal employees a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise in 2004, and create a new $500 million fund agencies can use to raise the salaries of high performers.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 26, 2003

Pay-for-performance

Exceptional employees need not fear pay-for-performance measures.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 23, 2003

Lawmaker kicks off fight for 2004 military-civilian pay parity

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 23, 2003

Agency to expand procurement opportunities for small business

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 23, 2003

Davis to push bill allowing president to reorganize agencies

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said Wednesday he will back legislation giving President Bush broad authority to reorganize federal agencies.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 22, 2003

Pay flexibility

Government reform advocates say federal pay systems need some room to stretch.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 16, 2003

Scholarships available to help feds with tuition

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 14, 2003

Homeland IT costs may be understated, GAO warns

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 14, 2003

Senator introduces pay parity resolution

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 13, 2003

Pay, purchasing, technology top new House chairman’s agenda

Pay-for-performance measures, procurement reform, and improved technology systems will all see a renewed focus as Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., takes the helm of the House Government Reform Committee.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 10, 2003

New benefits in 2003

The pay and benefits boosts federal employees and retirees did—and didn't—receive in 2002.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 9, 2003

Los Alamos security chiefs reassigned

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 9, 2003

Panel backs restructuring, reorganization of agencies

Rejuvenating the federal government requires reorganizing federal agencies into mega-departments, a new report by the National Commission on the Public Service said.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 7, 2003

Union, FAA agree to extend collective bargaining agreement

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 7, 2003

Defense beefs up purchase card oversight

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 3, 2003

Bonuses for senior executives at Transportation in jeopardy

The Transportation Department may withhold performance awards and bonuses from eligible employees if fiscal 2003 funds aren't enough to cover both pay raises and bonuses.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 2, 2003

Bush issues order implementing 2003 pay raise

President Bush issued an executive order Tuesday formally implementing a 3.1 percent pay increase in 2003 for General Schedule employees and members of the Senior Executive Service.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 31, 2002

Judge approves settlement in massive back pay case

A nearly 20-year-old special rates back pay case involving hundreds of thousands of current and former federal employees was resolved Friday when a federal judge gave final approval to a $173.5 million settlement.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 20, 2002

FAA says air traffic control not ‘inherently governmental’

The Transportation Department has decided its air traffic control operations are no longer inherently governmental work, a move that could lead to eventual outsourcing of such operations.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• December 19, 2002