Pay & Benefits
Foreign Service officers eligible for travel comp time
Office of Personnel Management originally indicated that Foreign Service members would not be eligible under new regulations.
Defense
Los Alamos laboratory shutdown cost up to $367 million
Problems at the lab have led the Energy Department to seek bids from contractors interested in running the nuclear research facility.
Defense
Report: Defense service contract oversight falls short
GAO suggests Pentagon might be overpaying contractors.
Management
Cabinet secretaries get White House office space
Chief of Staff Andrew Card has invited Cabinet members to each spend at least two hours a week working just a stone's throw from the Oval Office.
Defense
Sexual assault victims in military will have some confidentiality
“Restricted reporting” is intended to encourage victims of sexual violence to come forward.
Management
Congressional concerns linger over performance-based budgets
Appropriations staffers say budget justifications contain too little information on workload and output, too much on management.
News
Agreement on Treasury contract altered basis for award, GAO finds
Watchdog agency says Treasury’s link with a GSA-managed telcom contract affects terms of billion-dollar AT&T agreement.
Management
Bush picks former OMB controller to head OPM
Linda Springer would be the administration’s lead official on human resources issues.
News
OPM announces relaxed hiring rules for federal interns
New rules allow students to use experience at some nonfederal internships or military service toward time needed to qualify for a permanent federal job.
Defense
Fewer, better spies key to intelligence reform, former official says
New director of national intelligence should focus on stepping up quality of information gathered, says David Kay, former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq.
Management
Senators renew effort to overhaul Postal Service
Bill includes language shifting responsibility for military pensions to Treasury Department, a plan opposed by the Bush administration.
Defense
Official: Hill foes may foil change to homeland grants
Bush administration calls for distributions based on risk and need.
Tech