Tech

GSA pushes federal travelers to book reservations online

Federal agencies must push more of their employees to book travel reservations online, under a General Services Administration bulletin issued to federal leaders Wednesday.

Defense

Reservists and families unaware of benefits and support services

Reservists called to active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom--and the family members they leave behind--need more information about the benefits and support services available to them, according to a new General Accounting Office report and an advocacy group.

Management

OMB weighs changes to job competition process

The Bush administration is contemplating wide-ranging changes to rules that allow federal jobs to be directly outsourced to private companies, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Angela Styles told a Senate panel on Wednesday.

Defense

Five fights

The commander of the Army's V Corps says the impending war in Iraq will involve fighting five kinds of battles at once.