Defense
Opening night
The USS Bunker Hill had an unexpected role in the opening act of the war against Iraq.
Management
Feds satisfied with pay, but not with management
Most federal employees are satisfied with their salaries, but they hold their leaders in low esteem, a new survey of 100,000 government workers has found.
Pay & Benefits
Federal employees receive 1 percent locality pay for 2003
Federal civilian employees will receive an average 4.1 percent pay raise in 2003, which includes 1 percent for locality-based pay, according to an executive order issued Friday.
Defense
Pentagon seeks to avoid repeat of 1991 Gulf War health problems
The Defense Department wants to avoid a repeat of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which left thousands of troops ill and complaining of ailments most believe resulted directly from their service in Iraq and Kuwait.
Defense
As U.S. forces advance, visible violence of war emerges
As U.S. troops sweep into Iraq and run into determined pockets of opposition, the war is beginning to yield discomforting images of death and destruction.
Defense