Management
Acquisition officials offer new details on share-in-savings proposal
Procurement councils issue guidelines for writing such contracts and developing business cases for their use.
Tech
House lawmakers favor cuts in e-government projects
Interior appropriations bill would trim more than $1 million in e-gov funding, but boost IT spending in other areas.
Tech
House seeks more supercomputing funds
Lawmakers expressed disappointment with President Bush's Energy Department budget request for high-end computing efforts.
Pay & Benefits
Defense opens special pay center for Guard, Reserves
Cleveland office intended to centralize pay expertise in the wake of recent snafus.
News
Five firefighting air tankers back on duty
Grounded planes pass contractor’s inspection and rejoin the fray in what could be a severe fire season.
News
GOP leaders face multiple hurdles on spending bills
Measures designed to limit administration's competitive sourcing effort may again prove contentious.
Management
Kerry’s running mate choice sends mixed message to bureaucracy
As a presidential candidate, John Edwards had pledged to cut federal jobs but boost homeland security forces.
Management
Health advocates request more resources for West Nile fight
Several public health experts ask the federal government to gear up for a tough battle against the spreading virus.
Management
The Challenger: What would Kerry do?
In the first of a two-part series on the presidential contenders, we try to find a management reform agenda in John Kerry's campaign proposals.
Management
Proposal to change small business size standards rescinded
Recommended policy would have made it easier for agencies to meet contracting targets for small businesses.
Defense
Bush wins some, loses some in security funding game
Homeland Security bill includes less funding than requested to hire intelligence officers, but endorses proposals for protecting critical infrastructure.
News
Democrats step up demands for probes of administration, agencies
They are rediscovering a time-honored tradition of ordering "fishing trips" through all manner of bureaucratic documents.
Defense
ICE releasing illegal aliens on nationwide basis
Budgeted to handle 19,444 detainees, agency houses thousands more and lacks funds to hold them, documents show.
Defense
Army tracks repair contracts as maintenance workload increases
But service officials say they have no plans to seek a waiver of a law requiring that half of all repair work be done by federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Matchless
Congress moves to eliminate TSP open seasons for employee contributions, but to keep restrictions on when agencies can provide matching funds.
Defense
Defense Department to expand vaccinations
All personnel in Central Command and selected units in Pacific Command will be given anthrax and smallpox vaccinations.
Defense
Defense civilian personnel planning efforts found lacking
The Pentagon and the military services haven’t analyzed gaps in skills among workers, GAO says.
Defense