Pay & Benefits

Congress urged to hold Thrift Savings Plan officials more accountable

Thrift Savings Plan officials should be held more accountable to Congress, the General Accounting Office said in a report issued Thursday.

Defense

Defense personnel overhaul backed by full House panel

After lengthy debate, the House Armed Services Committee approved a $400.5 billion Defense authorization bill that would give the Pentagon broad new powers to manage its civilian workforce.

Management

Federal officials figuring out who wears the human capital hat

Across government, agency leaders are figuring out who will be their chief human capital officers, a new position that every major agency has to fill.

Defense

House committee votes for base closings in 2005

As it continued its marathon markup of the fiscal 2004 defense authorization bill, the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday voted to restore the 2005 round of military base closings.

Management

Management scorecard still in the red

Management

IRS plan to outsource tax collection panned

The IRS should hire more agents rather than outsource tax collection to private debt collection agencies, critics of a Bush administration proposal said Tuesday.

Defense

War and peace

The British army's experience as peacekeepers in Ireland offers lessons for the U.S. military in Iraq.

Defense

Bush appoints first chief human capital officer

President Bush plans to appoint an Ohio lawyer to be the federal government’s first chief human capital officer.