Tech
OPM opens USAJOBS Web site to competition
Agency wants bids by the end of August from firms interested in operating the official government employment portal.
Management
Lawmakers, analysts weigh new audit requirements for agencies
Sarbanes-Oxley standards for private companies would add a another layer for federal agencies, in response to corporate accounting scandals.
Pay & Benefits
Senior executive corps to see base salary increases
Agencies must implement new performance evaluation systems for Senior Executive Service members.
Defense
House, Senate send Defense appropriations bill to president
$417.5 billion measure cuts $1.6 billion from President Bush's budget request.
News
Senator seeks reasons for archivist's dismissal
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., wants to know why the White House dismissed John Carlin as head of the National Archives.
Defense
Congress approves bill to boost Coast Guard funding, hiring
The fiscal 2005 spending bill increases active-duty Coast Guard personnel from 37,000 to 45,500.
Management
Contractors contend spending bill would stifle competition
The $417.5 billion defense bill would extend provisions on outsourcing Pentagon civilian personnel jobs.
Defense
Director of 9/11 panel says CIA threat center not realizing potential
Commission recommends new management plan based on private sector models.
Tech
Agriculture chooses EDS for huge eTravel program
Contract is largest yet under new GSA eTravel arrangement.
Defense
Lawmakers call for investigation of security procedures at Los Alamos
Two computer disks with classified information are reported missing from the lab and there are claims of e-mail violations.
Defense
9/11 commission plans to release additional staff reports
Staff studies cover terrorist financing, border and immigration issues and transportation security.
Defense
Bipartisanship evaporates on Homeland Security authorization
Republicans and Democrats on Homeland Security Committee lob charges and counter-charges of partisanship.
Defense
Appropriators take aim at high-profile Pentagon projects
All three services hit with funding cuts, restructuring plans and reporting requirements on big weapons programs.
Pay & Benefits
OPM begins annual process of adjusting special pay rates
Agencies asked to recommend 2005 increases for about 140,000 employees by mid October.
Management
Federal bureaucracy thickening, study finds
The Bush administration is not paying enough attention to the growth, a Brookings Institution scholar concludes.
Pay & Benefits
House panel backs 3.5 percent civil service pay raise
Lwamakers say civilian employees deserve the same pay adjustments as military personnel.
Defense
9/11 commission scolds government over attacks, calls for major reforms
Panel members and victims’ families plan to lobby hard for changes.
Management
Contracting imperiled by war, lax management, auditors say
Inspectors general of Coalition, Interior Department criticize procurement of interrogators as outside the scope of their contracts.
Management