Reassignments net pay raises for IT workers at Florida base

Officials at a Navy facility in Orlando, Fla. have resolved a pay raise dispute by reclassifying approximately 300 employees’ positions.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 8, 2001

Managers get guidance on when to talk to unions

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 7, 2001

Postal workers to get discounts on computers

Officials at the Postal Service have formed a partnership with two computer companies to help postal employees buy computers at discounted prices.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 7, 2001

Scarborough to chair House panel on civil service

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 5, 2001

Bush exempts promotions from hiring restrictions

President Bush has exempted within-grade salary increases and internal promotions for employees from recent restrictions on federal hiring. But management cuts are just around the corner.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 5, 2001

Officials at PTO 'blindsided' by overtime grievance

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 2, 2001

House votes to raise retirement age for federal firefighters

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 1, 2001

Two new bills push bigger military pay raise

Two members of Congress have introduced bills to increase military pay, pushing one of President Bush’s campaign promises one step closer to reality.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 1, 2001

Legislator seeks cap on political appointees

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 31, 2001

Union files grievance on behalf of trademark attorneys

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 31, 2001

All e-government is local, tech leaders say

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 29, 2001

Transportation inspector general lists top management challenges in 2001

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 25, 2001

Federal labor leaders question Bush's hiring controls

Hiring controls issued by President Bush last weekend have union leaders questioning how the new president plans to accomplish his goal of downsizing the federal workforce.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 24, 2001

Conservatives to Bush: Dissolve labor partnerships, ignore career feds

Conservative Heritage Foundation scholars think President Bush should rely less on career civil servants and dissolve labor-management partnerships.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 23, 2001

Report highlights stubborn management problems

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 22, 2001

GAO removes major management problems from high-risk list

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 19, 2001

GAO puts workforce issues on 'high-risk' list

The General Accounting Office Wednesday released its latest report on the federal government’s biggest management challenges, naming workforce management as a “high-risk” area for the first time.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 18, 2001

Lower-level appointments loom as big hurdle for Bush

Getting political appointees in place not only in the Cabinet but at lower levels in agencies looms as the biggest hindrance to a successful transition for President-elect Bush, experts said Tuesday.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 17, 2001

Energy Department will scrutinize e-mail at nuclear labs

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 16, 2001

Shalala calls HHS tenure a 'wonderful management experience'

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 11, 2001