Government Executive - Authors - Jason Peckenpaughhttp://www.govexec.comen-usFri, 02 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400The Challenger: What would Kerry do?http://www.govexec.com/management/2004/07/the-challenger-what-would-kerry-do/17073/In the first of a two-part series on the presidential contenders, we try to find a management reform agenda in John Kerry's campaign proposals.Jason PeckenpaughFri, 02 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2004/07/the-challenger-what-would-kerry-do/17073/ManagementICE releasing illegal aliens on nationwide basishttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/07/ice-releasing-illegal-aliens-on-nationwide-basis/17078/Budgeted to handle 19,444 detainees, agency houses thousands more and lacks funds to hold them, documents show.Jason PeckenpaughFri, 02 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/07/ice-releasing-illegal-aliens-on-nationwide-basis/17078/DefenseDHS agency to keep its namehttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/06/dhs-agency-to-keep-its-name/17040/Months-long effort to change title to ‘Investigations and Criminal Enforcement’ is at an end.Jason PeckenpaughFri, 25 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/06/dhs-agency-to-keep-its-name/17040/NewsICE budget woes may force release of some alienshttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/06/ice-budget-woes-may-force-release-of-some-aliens/17008/Funding shortfalls are preventing immigration officials in at least one region from detaining aliens.Jason PeckenpaughTue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/06/ice-budget-woes-may-force-release-of-some-aliens/17008/DefenseAccounting problems bedevil Homeland Security agency, lawmaker sayshttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/06/accounting-problems-bedevil-homeland-security-agency-lawmaker-says/16950/Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau risks violating federal spending laws.Jason PeckenpaughWed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/06/accounting-problems-bedevil-homeland-security-agency-lawmaker-says/16950/DefenseTwo union-backed outsourcing measures added to Senate Defense billhttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/06/two-union-backed-outsourcing-measures-added-to-senate-defense-bill/16940/New rights for civil servants to challenge outsourcing decisions could get stripped out in conference.Jason PeckenpaughTue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/06/two-union-backed-outsourcing-measures-added-to-senate-defense-bill/16940/ContractingArmy contractor count stymied by red tapehttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/06/army-contractor-count-stymied-by-red-tape/16848/Paperwork Reduction Act bogs down Army effort to count its contractors.Jason PeckenpaughThu, 03 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/06/army-contractor-count-stymied-by-red-tape/16848/ContractingHouse chairman introduces procurement reform billhttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/04/house-chairman-introduces-procurement-reform-bill/16566/Tom Davis' latest effort would boost share-in-savings contracts and set up a government-industry exchange program.Jason PeckenpaughWed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/04/house-chairman-introduces-procurement-reform-bill/16566/ContractingKerry pledges to cut contractors, freeze travel spendinghttp://www.govexec.com/management/2004/04/kerry-pledges-to-cut-contractors-freeze-travel-spending/16395/Democratic presidential standard-bearer John Kerry pledged Wednesday to cut 100,000 federal contractor jobs and to freeze agencies’ travel spending in an effort to trim the federal budget deficit.Tom Shoop and Jason PeckenpaughWed, 07 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2004/04/kerry-pledges-to-cut-contractors-freeze-travel-spending/16395/ManagementAccessing A-76 results not easy, critics sayhttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/04/accessing-a-76-results-not-easy-critics-say/16364/Jason PeckenpaughThu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/04/accessing-a-76-results-not-easy-critics-say/16364/NewsHouse lawmakers urge budget boost for air marshalshttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/03/house-lawmakers-urge-budget-boost-for-air-marshals/16358/Jason PeckenpaughWed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2004/03/house-lawmakers-urge-budget-boost-for-air-marshals/16358/NewsKey immigration enforcement official steps downhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/key-immigration-enforcement-official-steps-down/16336/Jason PeckenpaughMon, 29 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/key-immigration-enforcement-official-steps-down/16336/DefenseRegional homeland security offices will be smallhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/regional-homeland-security-offices-will-be-small/16311/A Homeland Security Department initiative to unify the field structure of its 22 agencies will not create large field bureaucracies, a top DHS official said Wednesday.Jason PeckenpaughWed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/regional-homeland-security-offices-will-be-small/16311/DefenseRidge announces new rail and transit security measureshttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/ridge-announces-new-rail-and-transit-security-measures/16291/Jason PeckenpaughMon, 22 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/03/ridge-announces-new-rail-and-transit-security-measures/16291/DefenseFocus of new acquisition panel debatedhttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/02/focus-of-new-acquisition-panel-debated/15951/Jason PeckenpaughTue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/02/focus-of-new-acquisition-panel-debated/15951/ContractingHomeland Security personnel rules expected this month, says Ridgehttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/homeland-security-personnel-rules-expected-this-month-says-ridge/15895/Jason PeckenpaughMon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/homeland-security-personnel-rules-expected-this-month-says-ridge/15895/DefenseRidge defends Homeland Security budget requesthttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/ridge-defends-homeland-security-budget-request/15896/Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge defended the Bush administration’s budget request for state and local first responders Monday.Jason PeckenpaughMon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/ridge-defends-homeland-security-budget-request/15896/DefenseBush budget adds hundreds of immigration enforcement jobshttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/bush-budget-adds-hundreds-of-immigration-enforcement-jobs/15855/Hundreds of new immigration enforcement jobs, including 236 personnel to find aliens that have defied final deportation orders, would be created under President Bush’s fiscal 2005 budget proposal.Jason PeckenpaughTue, 03 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2004/02/bush-budget-adds-hundreds-of-immigration-enforcement-jobs/15855/DefenseEnergy workers win job competition; Forest Service workers losehttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/energy-workers-win-job-competition-forest-service-workers-lose/15754/Jason PeckenpaughFri, 16 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/energy-workers-win-job-competition-forest-service-workers-lose/15754/ContractingIT firm to team with FAA workers in huge job competitionhttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/it-firm-to-team-with-faa-workers-in-huge-job-competition/15706/FAA workers will join forces with a top IT firm to compete in one of the largest A-76 competitions in government.Jason PeckenpaughMon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/it-firm-to-team-with-faa-workers-in-huge-job-competition/15706/ContractingOMB issues guidance on "green" competitive sourcing planshttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/omb-issues-guidance-on-green-competitive-sourcing-plans/15673/The Office of Management and Budget has asked federal agencies to craft plans for letting contractors bid on federal jobs from now through 2008.Jason PeckenpaughTue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2004/01/omb-issues-guidance-on-green-competitive-sourcing-plans/15673/ContractingOMB to ask agencies for long-term job competition planshttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/omb-to-ask-agencies-for-long-term-job-competition-plans/15659/OMB will ask agencies to create multi-year plans for opening federal jobs to private sector competition as a prerequisite for receiving a “green” rating in competitive sourcing.Jason PeckenpaughTue, 23 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/omb-to-ask-agencies-for-long-term-job-competition-plans/15659/ContractingPentagon to get authority to finish stalled job competitionshttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/pentagon-to-get-authority-to-finish-stalled-job-competitions/15560/Jason PeckenpaughTue, 09 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/pentagon-to-get-authority-to-finish-stalled-job-competitions/15560/ContractingVA competitive sourcing program derailed by Congresshttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/va-competitive-sourcing-program-derailed-by-congress/15533/A plan to let contractors bid on 55,000 Veterans Affairs Department jobs will remain on hold because VA officials did not receive authority to restart their competitive sourcing program in the $328 billion catch-all federal spending bill crafted last month.Jason PeckenpaughThu, 04 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/12/va-competitive-sourcing-program-derailed-by-congress/15533/ContractingWhite House objects to job competition revisionshttp://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/11/white-house-objects-to-job-competition-revisions/15449/The White House has raised last-minute objections to measures governing federal job competitions in the conference report on the fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury budget bill, and may pressure lawmakers to alter the language.Amelia Gruber and Jason PeckenpaughMon, 17 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2003/11/white-house-objects-to-job-competition-revisions/15449/Contracting