Management
Bush advocates reduction in contract bundling
President cites practice of combining federal contracts into large national agreements as a significant obstacle for small businesses.
Management
Judge finds FAA managers participated in sex discrimination plot
Agency managers tampered with personnel files and evaded questions under oath, according to EEOC ruling.
Management
Homeland Security cancels immigration officer job contest
Public-private competition placed as many as 1,300 federal jobs at stake.
Defense
Inspector general says TSA doled out unequal awards to employees
Agency administrator says parts of report are “inaccurate and misleading” and insists changes are being made.
Management
Defense bill mandates audit of GSA contracting procedures
Compliance with contracting rules is needed if agency wants Defense business, proposed law says.
Management
Congress drops measure limiting offshore outsourcing
Lawmakers stripped provision before sending corporate tax bill to President Bush.
Defense
Senate approves Governmental Affairs overhaul
Senators back resolution giving panel additional responsibility for homeland security.
Management
Listen and Learn
Leaders must recognize that they, too, can learn by listening to employees.
Defense
Air Force acquisition chief won support of ex-colleagues before sentencing
In letters to court, high-ranking federal officials praised Darleen Druyun for innovative management under deals she now admits favored Boeing.
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