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.
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
Retired military officers tapped to serve on base-closing commission
Bush administration, Senate minority leader picks pending.
Defense