Pay & Benefits
President moves to limit 2004 federal pay raise
President Bush issued a plan Wednesday designed to limit the pay increase for white-collar federal employees to an average of 2 percent in 2004.
Management
NASA needs management overhaul, shuttle investigators told
In its final public hearing Thursday, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board moved beyond the search for the immediate cause of the loss of the space shuttle on Feb. 1 to probe the overall state of NASA’s management.
Management
White House opposes pay parity, job competition restrictions
The Bush administration announced Thursday that it opposes language in a House bill calling for military-civilian pay parity, and objects to an effort to prohibit the use of goals for putting Defense Department jobs up for competition with the private sector.
Management
GAO seeks personnel flexibility, name change
General Accounting Office chief David Walker has proposed legislation that would give the congressional watchdog agency freedom from key personnel restrictions contained in Title 5 of the U.S. Code, and would change the name of the agency to the Government Accountability Office.
News
Washington-area agencies dig out, reopen
After two days of closures due to more than a foot of snow that fell over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday that federal agencies in the Washington area would reopen Wednesday.
News
NASA launches multi-agency investigation of shuttle tragedy
NASA officials have impounded all data related to the loss of the space shuttle Columbia over Texas Saturday, and convened a multi-agency team to investigate the disaster.
Defense
Bush speaks of big initiatives, small government
In a State of the Union address dominated by initiatives to jump-start the U.S. economy and warnings of impending war in Iraq, President Bush told most federal agencies and employees to expect lean times ahead.
Defense
FBI, Homeland Security agencies track five men
The FBI and several agencies slated to move into the new Homeland Security Department are tracking five men of Arab ancestry who are believed to have entered the United States illegally on Dec. 24.
Defense
Transportation Security Administration may need more than 70,000 employees
The Transportation Security Administration may need to hire more than 70,000 employees—up from the 30,000 initially projected—to handle passenger and baggage screening duties at the nation’s airports, according to the Transportation Department’s inspector general.
Management