Pay & Benefits
Feeling Special: Q&A
Answers to your questions on special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and others.
Defense
Homeland Security chief touts faster cargo scanning
Recently signed law requires DHS to ensure, within five years, that all U.S.-bound ship cargo is scanned at foreign ports.
Defense
Army Guard says $2 billion shortfall threatens 2008 recruiting
Guard may have to lay off as many as 800 recruiters and stop awarding enlistment and re-enlistment bonuses if deficit isn’t addressed.
News
Imaging program to offer natural resources snapshot
The United States has never had a program purely focused on moderate-resolution land-imaging capability.
Oversight
GSA starts second phase of contract streamlining program
Initiative will be expanded to include more contracts and accept electronic submissions.
News
As repair needs mount, highway trust fund faces shortfall
The fund that finances the federal highway program through fuel and other taxes is headed for a $4.3 billion shortfall in two years.
Oversight
Democrats seek to shield top health official from political pressure
Measures introduced in House and Senate would narrow the pool of candidates from which the president could select the surgeon general.
Defense
Army suicides on the rise
Growth raises questions about mental health care provided to service members.
Pay & Benefits
Continuing Coverage
Union leader says the government should consider letting dependent children stay on federal employee health insurance until age 25.
Tech
Interior spending bill generous to tech programs
Environmental Protection Agency would be the biggest benefactor; it is slated to receive more than $770 million for science and technology efforts.
Pay & Benefits
Union members rally against labor relations official
Some NLRB employees say general counsel has violated labor law by refusing to work with a consolidated bargaining unit.
Oversight
Lawmakers pursue more money to guard intellectual property
Reports accompanying spending bills signal appropriators are troubled by growing backlog of patent applications and the time it takes to process them.
Defense
Senate leader wants panels to pursue spy law changes
Majority leader urges committee chairs to be aggressive in examining recently-enacted provisions that sunset in six months.
News
Administration, panel eye compromise in Tillman case
Committee wants to know when the White House and senior Defense officials learned the circumstances of Tillman's death and whether they withheld information from public.
Defense