Pay & Benefits
Executives list obstacles to outsourcing HR services
Study shows challenges include inadequate standards and lack of funding to implement new programs.
Defense
NASA report rebuts astronaut drinking allegations
Safety chief finds no evidence astronauts flew drunk, says agency has policies in place to prevent unsafe behavior.
Oversight
Small businesses struggle to swim with big fish
But that may change as legislators press federal agencies to increase the amount of business they send to small firms.
Oversight
Contracting offices face increased oversight
Democrats on Capitol Hill have put the spotlight on procurement.
Oversight
FAA to award contract to upgrade air traffic system
GPS-based system has proved to be “truly amazing” in tests in Alaska, commuter airline president says.
Defense
Contractors seek delay in USAID vetting system
Trade association cites “numerous ambiguities” in system aimed at ensuring foreign aid funds don’t go to groups associated with terrorism.
Pay & Benefits
IRS seeks strategy to recruit, retain employees
Oversight board projects agency will lose about 4,000 employees a year over the next four years.
Oversight
No Starving the Beast
The longtime GOP policy of cutting taxes to force government to get smaller isn't working.
Defense
Politics, war drawdown will determine Defense spending
Democrats on Capitol Hill unlikely to put on the brakes immediately, but pullout from Iraq looms in 2008.
Defense
Procurement spending continues upward climb
Driven by the war effort and health-related expenditures, federal procurement is skyrocketing.
Oversight
Speculation begins on potential Gonzales successor
List of possible nominees includes DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, other high-ranking federal officials.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups praise Gonzales -- for leaving
Representatives of Justice Department employees say move is first step to shoring up low morale.
Oversight
Bush accepts attorney general's resignation
Alberto Gonzales says he will leave Sept. 17; Solicitor General Paul Clement named acting attorney general.
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