Defense
Bush signs Project Bioshield bill
Law creates fast-track government-industry program to develop antidotes to various chemical and biological agents.
News
Senate panel passes pay and benefits bills
Bills would improve dental and vision benefits and make sure federal military reservists retain pay and benefits when called to active duty.
Tech
HHS chief unveils plan for health care IT
Electronic health records and nationwide information network will take a decade to develop, Thompson tells health summit.
Defense
Conferees finish $418 billion Defense appropriations bill
Conference report is $1.6 billion below President Bush's budget request.
Defense
Outgoing TSA official cites progress, challenges
Deputy Administrator Stephen McHale takes on critics of agency's effort to hire and train a screener workforce.
Pay & Benefits
GAO says personnel reform must be governmentwide
Though the watchdog agency praised recent human capital reform efforts, it contends that some agencies are too far ahead of the pack.
Defense
Legislator hopes for breakthrough on authorization bill
Negotiations stalled over amendments offered by Democrats.
Management
Agency Reconstruction
Officials at the Public Building Service clarified what the agency did, then reconfigured the workforce to meet that mission.
Pay & Benefits
Defense says steps taken to fix Guard, Reserve pay problems
Pentagon finance officials said they have installed a safety net to catch errors in the overtaxed pay system.
Defense
Immigration agency seeks to beef up financial investigations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau grapples with how to prioritize limited personnel and resources.
News
Cuts could doom spending bill
NASA and National Science Foundation budget reductions may keep the VA-HUD appropriations bill from reaching the House floor.
Management
Report faults USDA on black farmers' claims
Interest groups say department made it difficult or impossible for farmers to file claims under discrimination settlement.
Defense
Partisan, turf battles slow Homeland Security authorization
Democrats object to strategy of slicing the measure into nine separate bills.
News
NASA faces big spending cuts
House Appropriations Committee plans to trim as much as $1 billion from President Bush's space budget.
Pay & Benefits