Management
Compromise on job competition protests gets mixed review
House-Senate agreement rekindles debate over federal employees’ rights to challenge A-76 decisions.
Management
Agency hiring methods called ineffective
Price of poor assessment of candidates includes higher turnover, lost productivity and greater absenteeism.
Management
Lawmakers stand behind measure blocking immigration job contest
Defying veto threat, conferees retain language blocking potential outsourcing of more than 1,300 immigration services jobs.
Management
MSPB judge upholds firing of Park Police chief
Lawyers for Teresa Chambers vow to appeal decision, saying her First Amendment rigths were violated.
Management
Appropriations panels rap USDA management
House, Senate committees limit spending inititatives, criticize department's budget submission.
Defense
Turf-conscious senators resist expansion of Governmental Affairs
Powerful committee chairman defeat attempts to transfer some of their oversight and appropriations duties to retooled panel.
Management
Senate plan to reshape Governmental Affairs panel gets mixed reception
Name change to “Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs” a vote of confidence in committee, but could dilute focus on governmentwide management issues.
Management
Civil rights group decries shortfall in EEOC funding
Task force of NAACP urges Congress to grant agency’s full budget request for fiscal 2005.
Management
‘No Child Left Behind’ implementation is numbers game
The Bush administration’s education overhaul law presents states and school districts with mathematics challenges of their own.
Defense
U.S. faces severe shortage of flu vaccine this winter
Health and Human Services’ officials say the vaccine shortfall catches them by surprise.
Defense
Senators seek to replace Governmental Affairs with homeland panel
Proposal is part of bipartisan plan to overhaul homeland security oversight.
Management
Lawmakers seek financial accountability in intelligence reform
House members draft language that would ask new national intelligence director to select head of finance.
Defense
Probes take their toll on Iraq contractor
Despite its longtime record as a government contractor, recent inquiries into Halliburton's activities in Iraq may have tarnished the company's reputation.
Management
Lawmakers skeptical of reported progress on small business contracting
Congressional survey finds agencies fell short of target in 2003.
Defense
Ex-Pentagon procurement executive gets jail time
Darleen Druyun admits she conspired to help Boeing obtain a multibillion-dollar Pentagon contract while serving as the Air Force acquisition chief.
Management
Senate passes DHS financial accountability bill
Legislation would hold Homeland Security to the same rules as other major agencies.
Management
House panel votes to strengthen whistleblower protections
Bill aimed at closing "loopholes" in Whistleblower Protection Act is similar to Senate measure passed in July.
Management