Pay & Benefits
Report: TSP needs to assess customer service
TSP managers focus on quantitative measures rather than assessments of the quality of service provided.
Defense
Boeing CFO gets four-month jail sentence
Michael Sears also fined $250,000 for illegally negotiating a job for a top Air Force official at the nation’s second-largest defense contractor.
Defense
Sexual assaults continue among service members abroad
The Miles Foundation says it has received 307 reports from among members of the military.
Defense
Unions ready to give new homeland security chief an earful
Union officials hope Michael Chertoff allows them to share their concerns about issues ranging from new personnel regulations to problems protecting the borders.
Defense
Former Boeing CFO might face prison in procurement scandal
Prosecutors argue alternatives to imprisonment would do little to deter "such illegal conduct in the future by companies and their senior management."
Defense
Critics say some military spending items don't belong in emergency bill
Spending requests detailed in 82-page document on the Pentagon's $74.9 billion portion of the supplemental request.
Defense
Veteran diplomat Negroponte tapped for top intelligence slot
President says new director “will make the decisions” on intelligence budget.
Defense
Forward Observer: Lost at Sea
The debut of a biweekly column by veteran defense writer George C. Wilson.
Defense
Homeland Security bureau needs extra $300 million to get through year
Outgoing deputy secretary opposes merging Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection bureaus.
News
Agriculture employees win job competition through cost adjustments
Consideration of the price of converting to the private sector enabled in-house team to keep work.
Pay & Benefits
Limited Support
Even among Republicans on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration’s push for sweeping personnel reform still has only qualified backing.
Management