Special Report: The Fiscal 2003 Budget

• Bush budget rips agencies' management in key areas (Feb. 4, 2002)
• Executive Management Scorecard (Feb. 4, 2002)
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  A scorecard rating agencies in five areas: human capital management, competitive sourcing, financial management, electronic government and linking performance to budgets.
• In a first, Bush budget links funding to program performance (Feb. 4, 2002)
• Program Reviews (Feb. 4, 2002)
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  Performance analyses used to make funding decisions for more than 100 federal programs.

Pay Raise News

• Bush proposes 2.6 percent pay raise for 2003 (Feb. 4, 2002)
• House members to push for 4.1 percent civilian pay raise (Feb. 5, 2002)

Agency Budget News

• Agency-by-agency budget breakdown (Feb. 4, 2002)
• Transportation budget lacks full airport security funding (Feb. 5, 2002)
• Budget calls for downsizing at Forest Service headquarters (Feb. 5, 2002)
• GSA's proposed budget boosts e-government, building security (Feb.5, 2002)
• Staff at local farm offices won't be cut, Agriculture chief says (Feb. 5, 2002)
• Defense budget jumps but civilian jobs cut (Feb. 4, 2002)
• Health and Human Services streamlines management functions (Feb. 4, 2002)
• White House heaps accolades, and money, on National Science Foundation (Feb. 4, 2002)

General Budget News

• House conservatives to make case for balanced budget (Feb. 5, 2002)
• OMB defends budget priorities before congressional skeptics (Feb. 5, 2002)
• White House unveils details of homeland security budget boost (Feb. 5, 2002)
• Budget chief defends necessity of deficit spending (Feb. 4, 2002)
• Federal non-defense workforce to increase by 8 percent (Feb. 4, 2002)
• IT budget invests heavily in homeland security, e-government (Feb. 4, 2002)