Defense

Navy nervous about Rumsfeld review

Management

Pentagon IG says Air Force should redo A-76 competition

A public-private job competition at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas was so riddled with errors that the Air Force should consider holding a new competition, the Pentagon inspector general has concluded.

Defense

New Defense budget alters military-civilian pay parity picture

The Bush administration's announcement this week that it will seek a 5 percent pay raise for all military personnel next year has thrown another curve into this year's debate over military-civilian pay parity.

Defense

Administration seeks base closings, budget boost

The Bush administration has decided to seek additional military base closures starting in 2003, and next year will request the biggest overall increase in defense spending in more than a decade, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.