Tech
Deputy secretary to leave Labor Department
Department was the first Cabinet agency to win top scores across all the main categories on the Bush administration’s quarterly management score card.
News
Treasury kills solo telecom contract
Department will use a General Services Administration contract instead, as GSA officials and some lawmakers advocated.
Defense
Defense IG to ramp up Iraq spending audits
Report highlights role of Congress in requesting studies that generated $23 billion in benefits over six months.
Pay & Benefits
Bush issues order for 2.2 percent pay raise
Chances slim for Congress to grant a higher 2.7 percent raise retroactively.
Defense
Multiple DHS agencies may have violated funding law
DHS office and four agencies lack sufficient information to even assess the extent of their financial management problems, auditors say.
Pay & Benefits
Free Ride
The IRS raises the maximum transit subsidy to $110 a month in 2007, a nearly 5 percent increase over the 2006 level.
Management
Key 'open government' official leaves policy mark
Justice Department's Daniel Metcalfe, who is retiring after serving under four presidents, says agencies need to disclose information responsibly.
Tech
Group formed to address future of libraries in Internet era
Library of Congress officials say it is essential that libraries continue to exist.
Defense
Chertoff discusses goals, responds to critics
DHS’ performance has "improved quite a bit in the past two years," department's chief says in an interview with National Journal .
Defense
Pentagon cited again for weak oversight of Iraq contractors
Defense officials can't be sure they’re getting the services they paid for and lack an accurate count of contractors, auditors say.
Management
Small firms squeezed by growth in multiple-order contracts
Researchers find small businesses are taking home a shrinking share of these contracts.
Defense
Acquisition listed among DHS management challenges
Department needs better systems for reporting contracts and a stronger strategy to oversee a major border security project, inspectors say.
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