Defense
Bush seeks employee support for homeland security reorganization
President Bush Wednesday asked federal employees to be patient and support his proposal for a Homeland Security Department, but did not directly address concerns about workers’ rights or pay.
Defense
Contract overpayments continue to plague Defense Department
Defense Department contractors returned $488 million in overpayments to the agency in fiscal 2001, despite the agency’s efforts to prevent improper payments, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
News
Pentagon ‘mayor’ dies from injuries sustained in car crash
David O. “Doc” Cooke, a longtime career civil servant known as the “mayor of the Pentagon,” died June 22 from injuries suffered two weeks ago in a car accident near Charlottesville, Va.
Pay & Benefits
Senator to introduce personnel reform bill
A coalition of business leaders, academics and good-government organizations are throwing their support behind human capital reform legislation that Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, plans to introduce Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
Patent Office suspends telecommuting program
Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office have put a popular telecommuting program on hold while they negotiate the terms of a new program with an employee union.
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