Management
Balanced score card tool gains in popularity at civilian agencies
Management technique helps agencies achieve individual goals and meet Bush adminstration targets, creator says.
Defense
Weather Service officials gave dire, accurate warnings before Katrina hit
Lawmakers heaped praise on the National Weather Service during the hearing, saying the agency performed exceptionally well.
Management
Three government leaders honored for innovations
Health care, counterintelligence and information technology innovators garner awards.
Management
GAO: Agencies lack day-to-day financial management tools
Report finds that while audits are solid, their underlying accounting systems are insufficient.
News
Senators skeptical of TSA transit security assessment
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders question TSA chief's description of security as "outstanding."
Defense
Lawmaker seeks clarification of military's 'broader role' in disasters
House Armed Services chair wants to know if President Bush supports revising Posse Comitatus law.
Pay & Benefits
GOP group calls for cuts in federal retirees’ benefits to fund Katrina relief
Reductions in annuities, health benefits aimed at saving $5.2 billion over ten years.
Pay & Benefits
Playing Catch-up
Catch-up contributions give the 50-and-over crowd a backdoor to the TSP.
Defense
DoD employees barred from testifying about terrorist data-mining effort
Military intelligence unit destroyed information linking hijackers to convicted terrorists before sharing it with federal law enforcement agencies.
Management
Defense lags in SES pay-for-performance certification
Pentagon pushing ahead with plans to put all employees in a performance-based system.
Management
Ex-OMB official will fight criminal allegations
Defense lawyer calls charges a “creative use” of the criminal code.
Defense