FEDERAL DIARY: STEPHEN BARR Pay-Parity Movement Is Gaining Ground in the House The Bush administration appears to be losing traction on two key policies -- federal pay and contracting out. The House approved a fiscal 2005 spending bill yesterday that would provide a 3.5 percent pay raise for federal employees next year and would require the Bush administration to rewrite rules that permit private-sector bids for certain types of federal jobs. • Transcript: Stephen Barr and OPM's Abby Block Answered Questions on Health Benefits
SPECIAL INTERESTS: JUDY SARASOHN Lobbying Up a Storm for Beaches At least two coastal communities, with more likely to join in, are taking a two-pronged approach -- lobbying and threatened litigation -- to encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to reverse its policy to stop seeking funds for "renourishment" of eroded beaches.
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