Tech
Group recommends creating council to oversee electronic records management
Better visibility is called for in report from government working group focused on improving agencies’ electronic records management.
Management
Union leaders hit the road to stump for Kerry
Leaders of federal labor unions are making it clear where they stand in Tuesday’s election.
Management
Postal Service tinkers with workers’ salaries
Pay for performance should not include factors outside postmasters’ control, group urges.
Management
Federal workers get three-hour window to vote
Excused absences for voting purposes rarely needed due to polling locations’ extended times, OPM says.
Management
Immigration agency seeks to upgrade toll-free service
Some calls being routed from contractors to federal employees in an effort to cut waiting times.
Tech
Agencies show modest management improvements
Financial management initiatives received the worst ratings on the president's latest score card.
Management
Civil Rights Commission management falls short, report says
GAO says commission has not updated its performance goals and is unresponsive to recommendations for improvement.
Defense
Groups raise concerns about increased classification of documents
Agencies classified 14 million new documents in fiscal 2003, an increase of 60 percent over the comparable figure for fiscal 2001.
Management
Agency managers mostly pleased with job competitions, survey finds
Employees and contractors both think the competitions are stacked against their side, though.
Management
Course Correction
The Pentagon tries a new approach to managing the design of its new personnel system.
Management
Researchers say few jobs are lost to competitive sourcing
Job losses to private contractors are largely a myth, report finds.
Management
Agencies get new orders to report on costs, savings of job competitions
Contractors, labor unions welcome reporting requirements, insisting they’re at a disadvantage compared with the other side.
Management
National security appointments would loom large in Kerry administration
Aides to John Kerry are discreetly drawing up lists of potential appointees, with a special emphasis on getting a national security team in place quickly if he wins.
Management
Bush likely to promote from within if reelected
The president is unlikely to order a clean sweep of his appointees, but may move up junior officials as Cabinet chiefs opt for a graceful exit.
Defense
Senate committee revamp said to fall short of 9/11 panel recommendations
Critics fear overhaul may change focus, priorities of Senate Governmental Affairs panel.
Defense
TSA postpones awards ceremony
Agencywide announcement comes on heels of report criticizing 2003 awards program as too expensive.
Management