Defense

In Iraq, managing the peace may be more difficult than winning the war

The relatively small number of American ground forces in Iraq is likely to be felt more acutely in the transition and stability phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom than during the war itself.

Defense

SARS raises troubling questions for health officials

Pay & Benefits

Pay-for-performance praise

One good government advocate says pay-for-performance can work in the federal workplace.

Management

Air Force: Sex assault scandal confined to the academy

The Air Force in general does not have the same problem with allegations of sexual assault that its academy does, according to an agency spokesman.

Management

GAO to broadly probe Iraq contracts

The General Accounting Office will launch a broad-scale probe into methods and secrecy that surrounds awarding of contracts to rebuild Iraq, Comptroller General David Walker said Thursday in an interview with National Journal Group reporters.

Defense

Criticism grows of no-bid work for Iraq reconstruction

The U.S. Agency for International Development's decision to sidestep open bidding for contracts to help rebuild Iraq should be investigated, congressional Democrats say.