Defense

Boeing critic under consideration for top acquisition post

Ken Krieg is considered a key adviser in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's inner circle.

Pay & Benefits

Federal workers will get time off for travel

The Office of Personnel Management has set interim rules to award compensatory time off for traveling federal workers.

Defense

Resignations leave void in top Homeland Security management ranks

An exodus of senior managers raises concerns that critical projects will be delayed and institutional knowledge lost.

Management

Employee relocation costs estimated at more than $4 billion

OMB budget data request reveals that the armed services spent $3.4 billion on relocations in fiscal 2003.

Pay & Benefits

No Peeking

Proposed regulations for the National Security Personnel System should be reviewed and approved in the next few weeks.

News

Quiet, Please.

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Management

GSA appoints new acquisition chief

Tech

Treasury and GSA collaborating on telecom contracts, document shows

Agencies try to coordinate telecommunications efforts and use central buying power.

Defense

DHS personnel system unveiled

Unions to file lawsuit asking court to halt implementation of the new system.

Defense

Former FBI officials decry bureau management

Whistleblowers say bureau is plagued with mismanagement that hampers national security and counterterrorism investigations.

News

Gonzales approved by Senate Judiciary panel, Rice confirmed

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt confirmed by voice votes.

News

OMB to seek governmentwide personnel reform

Proposals for mandatory program evaluations also will be included in the president’s fiscal 2006 budget proposal.

News

Critics: Army transformation costs should be in budget, not supplemental

Pentagon has included $12 billion for transformation initiatives in wartime supplemental spending measure.

News

Benefits and the Budget.

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News

Border Agent Backdown.

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News

Retired military officers tapped to serve on base-closing commission

Bush administration, Senate minority leader picks pending.

Management

Merit vs. Race

Performance rating numbers don't always tell the real story.

Defense

Rumsfeld trip before budget release sparks questions

Proposed budget cuts in major weapons systems could draw tough questions from lawmakers.