Bush names Utah governor to head EPA

• August 11, 2003

Contracting abuse, misuse of funds found at GSA unit

An investigation into contracts awarded by an arm of the General Services Administration has revealed “significant inappropriate contracting practices” and “misuse” of federal funds by agency officials, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general.

• Shane Harris
• August 11, 2003

Localities short on homeland security personnel, not equipment

• Siobhan Gorman
• August 8, 2003

Iraq-al Qaeda links weak, say former Bush officials

• Peter H. Stone
• August 8, 2003

Private airport security firms could get back in screening business

• Karen Lee Scrivo
• August 8, 2003

Commerce Department details fall tech agenda

• Ted Leventhal
• August 8, 2003

Public finds government inefficient, study shows

Americans would choose their government over any other in the world, but a majority “believe Washington is too big, inefficient and wasteful,” according to a study released Aug. 6 by a conservative think tank.

• Amelia Gruber
• August 8, 2003

Job site slated for senior executives

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• August 8, 2003

Army seeks volunteers for teen science education program

• Chloe Albanesius
• August 8, 2003

College credit

The Senate recently approved a bill that increased the amount of money agencies can spend to repay employees’ student loans.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• August 7, 2003

Only a few months to turn Iraq around, former Defense official says

• James Kitfield
• August 7, 2003

Lobbyists hustle for reconstruction business in Baghdad

• Peter H. Stone
• August 7, 2003

VA reveals plan for restructuring veterans health care system

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• August 7, 2003

Homeland Security to compete immigration services jobs

Homeland Security Department employees who handle benefits and other services for immigrants will have to compete for their jobs within the next 11 months, the head of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in an Aug. 1 internal e-mail to staff.

• Amelia Gruber
• August 7, 2003

Bush not doing enough to protect chemical plants, critics contend

• Margaret Kriz
• August 7, 2003

E-government chief to leave OMB for private sector

• Amelia Gruber
• August 6, 2003

Cleanup provision in Defense bill stumbling block for appropriators

• Peter Cohn
• August 6, 2003

Lawmaker predicts defeat for 'Buy American' language

• William New
• August 6, 2003

Defense Department seeks ways to boost tech transition

• William New
• August 6, 2003

Report says communication hallmark of successful agency reorganizations

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• August 6, 2003