Pay & Benefits

The Right Stuff

Officials weigh the need for pay-for-performance against the difficulty of implementing it.

Defense

TSA chief named to number two post at Homeland Security

President Bush has tapped James Loy, the head of the Transportation Security Administration and former commandant of the Coast Guard, to be deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department.

News

House and Senate face full plate of spending bills next week

Defense

Merger of immigration, customs agents causes friction

Attempts to weave four cultures together at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are being hampered by employee resentment and mission confusion.