Management

White House opposes pay parity, job competition restrictions

The Bush administration announced Thursday that it opposes language in a House bill calling for military-civilian pay parity, and objects to an effort to prohibit the use of goals for putting Defense Department jobs up for competition with the private sector.

Management

GAO seeks personnel flexibility, name change

General Accounting Office chief David Walker has proposed legislation that would give the congressional watchdog agency freedom from key personnel restrictions contained in Title 5 of the U.S. Code, and would change the name of the agency to the Government Accountability Office.

News

Washington-area agencies dig out, reopen

After two days of closures due to more than a foot of snow that fell over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday that federal agencies in the Washington area would reopen Wednesday.

News

NASA launches multi-agency investigation of shuttle tragedy

NASA officials have impounded all data related to the loss of the space shuttle Columbia over Texas Saturday, and convened a multi-agency team to investigate the disaster.

Defense

Bush speaks of big initiatives, small government

In a State of the Union address dominated by initiatives to jump-start the U.S. economy and warnings of impending war in Iraq, President Bush told most federal agencies and employees to expect lean times ahead.

Defense

FBI, Homeland Security agencies track five men

The FBI and several agencies slated to move into the new Homeland Security Department are tracking five men of Arab ancestry who are believed to have entered the United States illegally on Dec. 24.

Defense

Transportation Security Administration may need more than 70,000 employees

The Transportation Security Administration may need to hire more than 70,000 employees—up from the 30,000 initially projected—to handle passenger and baggage screening duties at the nation’s airports, according to the Transportation Department’s inspector general.

Management

Bush budget rips agencies’ management in key areas

The Bush administration’s proposed fiscal 2003 budget includes a scathing critique of the federal government’s performance, giving almost every agency failing grades in each of five key categories of management.

Features

Bold Government

America has regained its love of big government. But can the romance last?

Defense

Bush calls for expanded federal role at home, abroad

President Bush made a pitch for at least temporarily beefing up the size and scope of the federal government in his first official State of the Union address Tuesday night, calling for an expanded federal role in winning the war against terrorism, protecting the United States and reviving the economy.