Pay & Benefits

Senior executives wary of Bush pay proposal

Members of the Senior Executives Association remain skeptical about a Bush administration proposal to replace the six-step executive salary scale with a performance pay salary band.

Management

Public spends more time on paperwork in 2002

Americans spent more time filling out government-related paperwork in 2002 than in 2001, despite agency efforts to simplify forms, the Office of Management and Budget said Friday.

Management

Diplomats give Powell high marks after two years

Secretary of State Colin Powell is fulfilling his promise to revitalize the State Department after decades of management neglect at the department, a council of current and former diplomats say in a new report.