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USPS should engage public more when closing offices, PRC says
The U.S. Postal Service should engage the public more as it decides which post offices to close, the agency's regulating body recommends.
House OKs bill to repay furloughed DOT employees
The House today passed a bill that would allow the Transportation Department to reimburse 1,922 employees who were furloughed for two days last week.
Agencies finding it hard to follow through on open government order
The first steps were easy: Most agencies met the first deadline of President Obama's December directive to launch open government Web sites within 60 days.
New federal fines could mean more canceled flights, airline exec says
Continental Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek says his airline and others will be quick to cancel flights whenever bad weather or air-traffic congestion threaten to trigger multimillion-dollar fines for extended on-ground flight delays.
Industry group warns against wanton contractor cuts at DHS
The Homeland Security Department needs to rebalance its contractor-to-federal employee ratio, but the department shouldn't do anything until it thoroughly studies how many contractors it needs, the Professional Services Council (PSC) said today in a...
Survey: Detroit has best large airport
Detroit's airport is the best large airport in the nation, according to a new survey from JD Power and Associates, and Indianapolis has the best small airport.
Continental Airlines adds fee for legroom
On top of flight change fees, checked baggage fees, and fees for food and drink, Continental Airlines has added a new surcharge for passengers: the extra legroom fee.
Short-staffed agency overseeing high-speed-rail effort draws fire
The federal agency in charge of $8 billion in economic stimulus spending on high-speed-rail projects doesn't have the staff or expertise to properly oversee the money, government investigators and congressional critics say.
The fight to reduce employee grievances
As labor and management leaders begin setting up "partnership" councils through which they'll work together to solve workplace problems, one nagging question remains: How to measure if their partnerships are working.
VA to automate its Agent Orange claims process
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to announce today that it will fully automate how it pays claims for illnesses related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange to keep an overburdened system from collapse.