Management
House spending bills will be rolled into one omnibus
Senate negotiators are still attempting to forge a consensus on the fiscal 2005 budget resolution.
Management
Hail Bureaucracy
Sticklers for the rules get no recognition for promoting government integrity.
Management
Two union-backed outsourcing measures added to Senate Defense bill
New rights for civil servants to challenge outsourcing decisions could get stripped out in conference.
Management
FAA says it must hire, train air traffic controllers before retirement wave
Witnesses, legislators express concern over “looming danger,” await FAA report in December.
Tech
Legislation would make security key in federal IT purchases
The measure would give OMB greater strength in setting budget guidelines.
Defense
Defense spending bill delayed, omnibus considered
Almost 200 amendments remain pending to the defense authorization bill.
Defense
Senate votes to require Pentagon oversight of Iraq contracts
Amendment would halt the practice of outsourcing management of major reconstruction and security contracts.
Management
Justices limit courts' role in forcing agencies to act
Ruling stops effort to force Bureau of Land Management to move more aggresively to protect western lands from off-road vehicles.
Management
Forest Service makes fresh beginning on job competition effort
OMB agrees to let agency off the hook on monitoring the results of dozens of small contests.
Management
Budget deal still under negotiation; homeland spending bill moves forward
Conservatives balk at a proposed Senate rule change in fiscal 2005 budget legislation to reinstate "pay/go" offset requirements for three or five years.
Management
OPM pushes on-the-spot hiring
But one expert on the subject says direct hiring authority should be used only in limited situations.
Management
Senator takes aim at acquisition revolving door
Contracting officials may have to wait longer to join companies to which they’ve awarded large contracts.
Management
Energy separates contracts for Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore
The University of California will need to enter multiple contests in order to keep running the federal nuclear laboratories.
Management
Defense Department spends more than $100 million on unused airline tickets
The Pentagon is exercising poor oversight of tickets purchased from central accounts, investigators find.
Management
Senators seek more funding for HHS inspector general's office
They argue that new Medicare law will overwhelm an office that has had to cut more than 40 jobs in two years because of budget constraints.
Management
Earth to Managers
Middle managers, NASA's leaders have a warning for you: Go with the agency's cultural reforms, or go away.
Management
Senate spending process to go forward even without budget deal
Senate Appropriations Committee chairman gives negotiators until next Tuesday to secure the two votes needed to pass the budget resolution.
Management
Labor to publish job competition paperwork
One department is trying to improve the transparency of streamlined A-76 studies.
Management
OPM, agencies urged to cooperate to speed hiring
Less finger-pointing, more communication is the key, says GAO.
Management