Defense
TSA rolls out plan for busy travel season
Plans for the summer include restricting employees' leave, increasing staff and paying special attention to 25 key airports.
Management
Paperwork reduction plan progresses
House committee members target the IRS, which accounts for more than 80 percent of federal regulatory paperwork.
Pay & Benefits
NIH under fire for alleged conflicts of interest
Reports conclude that agency scientists have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from private firms over the past decade.
Management
Postal Service overhaul clears first hurdle
House Government Reform Committee unanimously approves biggest overhaul of postal operations in more than 30 years.
Pay & Benefits
Healthy Skepticism
A federal employee union fights a lonely battle against the VA's plan to close and consolidate hospitals.
Management
Safety assessments released on four NASA projects
A safety center created in the aftermath of the space shuttle Columbia disaster has released its first assessments on four high-profile National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects.
Management
House panel backs union-supported changes in competitive sourcing
Measure paves the way for a broadening of federal employees' rights to protest outsourcing decisions.
Tech
Report: Visitor-tracking program needs better management
US-VISIT effort lacks "rigorous, disciplined management," General Accounting Office concludes.
Defense
Rumsfeld defends Iraq policies
Joint Chiefs chairman acknowledges that forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are using up equipment faster than anticipated.
Defense
Homeland security turf battle brews in House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman says Homeland Security panel is supposed to focus on oversight, not legislation.
News
Lawmakers consider legislation to close diploma-mill loophole
The goal is to stop the flow of federal dollars into fake degree-granting institutions.
Defense
Union, Democrats demand flight attendant security training
Flight attendants demand the Transportation Security Administration require airlines to provide them with counterterrorism training.
Defense
House committee backs two-year base-closing delay
Lawmaker says the current climate of conflict in Iraq and the ongoing war on terrorism make it the wrong time to close military installations.
Defense
TSA to adjust screener staffing levels at airports
Agency needs to reallocate staff based on limit of 45,000 screeners set by Congress.
Defense
Committee expands Coast Guard's law enforcement powers
Coast Guard officers could get the authority to carry firearms while at a waterfront facility, make arrests for felony offenses and seize property.
Defense
Two-year base-closing delay could derail process
A proposed delay in the next BRAC round would give states and their lobbyists two more years to fight for their bases.
Defense
Armed Services chair pushes new 'buy American' provision
Measure would restrict the Pentagon's ability to buy technology from foreign companies whose governments require U.S. firms to assist their defense industries as a condition of purchasing U.S. weapons.
Tech
Officials address business hurdles to security contracting
They include liability issues, intellectual property protection and the sharing of confidential company information with the government.
Management