Management

OMB releases second round of FAIR Act lists

Defense

Ridge says intelligence czar probably unnecessary

Tom Ridge, President Bush's choice to head the Homeland Security Department, said on Wednesday that if the architecture of the department is carefully crafted, an “intelligence czar” would not be necessary, but added that the president has said the topic is “open for discussion.”

Defense

Pentagon turkeys

The Bush administration has yet to make good on its pledge to ax obsolete weapons programs.

News

Bush taps investment banker to head SEC

Management

Postal Service delivers improved financial news

What originally looked like another horrible year for the Postal Service turned into a not-so-bad one. Though the agency lost $676 million in fiscal 2002, that figure is far better than the $1.35 billion in losses originally predicted at the beginning of the year.

Management

Judge dismisses GAO lawsuit against Cheney task force

A U.S. district court judge Monday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the General Accounting Office against Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, saying the suit raised serious separation-of-powers issues.