Rah-Rah Ratings

• August 1, 2003

Footing the bill

Readers question why they are paying for a failed TSP contract.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 31, 2003

Pentagon offers Vegas jackpot in robot race

• Michael Posner
• July 31, 2003

Report: Laboratories unprepared for chemical attack

• David McGlinchey
• July 31, 2003

TSA prepares to test revamped passenger identification system

Despite lingering questions, the Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing a new passenger identification system within the next couple of months.

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 31, 2003

Federal radio, TV networks aim to change Arab hearts and minds

• Shane Harris
• July 31, 2003

OMB challenges report on Privacy Act compliance

Bush administration officials have rebuked the General Accounting Office for concluding in a new report that agencies are not taking adequate steps to protect private records.

• Amelia Gruber
• July 31, 2003

Homeland official outlines opportunities for tech firms

• Mathew Honan
• July 31, 2003

Controversial DARPA official may resign

• National Journal
• July 31, 2003

GSA bars MCI from federal contracts

The General Services Administration late Thursday moved to bar bankrupt telecommunications company MCI from winning new government contracts. The company has 30 days to respond to GSA’s proposal.

• Shane Harris
• July 31, 2003

House bill resurrects private tax collection proposal

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 30, 2003

Agriculture civil rights chief ready to sow seeds of change

While Vernon Parker settles into his new role at the Agriculture Department, employee advocates are waiting to see how the new assistant secretary for civil rights will eradicate what they see as pervasive ethnic and gender discrimination at the department.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 30, 2003

GSA promises accurate and timely customer service center

• Amelia Gruber
• July 30, 2003

Air Force announces personnel cuts for 2004

• George Cahlink
• July 30, 2003

TSA revisits German gun contract

The Transportation Security Administration is reconsidering its recent decision to arm U.S. commercial airline pilots with German-made Heckler & Koch handguns, only a few days after House Small Business Chairman Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., inquired about the agency's method of choosing a supplier, according to congressional and gun industry sources.

• Richard H.P. Sia
• July 30, 2003

Panel extends aid to emergency responders

• Lisa Caruso
• July 30, 2003

ACLU sues Justice, FBI over broader surveillance powers

• Drew Clark
• July 30, 2003

Homeland Security Secretary pushes partnerships

• Chloe Albanesius
• July 30, 2003

MCI: Down, but not out

Tech Insider makes its debut as a weekly column, focusing on the latest trends in the federal technology market.

• Shane Harris
• July 29, 2003

Mill town looks to Defense procurement for lifeline

On the scale of the mammoth $369 billion Defense spending bill, a $3 million earmark to develop a lifesaving fabric for wounded soldiers is a pittance. But it symbolizes the hope of saving a textile mill in Lawrence, Mass.

• David Hess
• July 29, 2003