Management
Army plan to outsource soldiers’ jobs will increase costs
An Army plan to outsource the jobs of nearly 60,000 military personnel will not save any money, but is necessary to move soldiers into warfighting positions, according to Army officials.
Defense
Bush signs Defense bills, urges action on homeland security
President Bush Wednesday signed two Defense spending bills and again demanded quick congressional action to create a Homeland Security Department.
Management
Military depots can’t tell how much work they outsource
Military depots do a poor job of tracking how much work they contract out, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
Defense
Placing blame
President Bush has run into his first confrontation with the military, over criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire incident.
Defense
Pentagon deploys massive personnel and pay system
The Defense Department has finished setting up a massive computer system to handle pay, benefits and personnel records for the more than 800,000 civilians that work for the department worldwide, according to Pentagon officials.
Defense
Senate Republicans block homeland vote until after elections
Senate Republicans Thursday again blocked a vote on a key homeland security amendment, scuttling any chance Congress would create a Homeland Security Department before the elections.
Defense