Management

Ex-Medicare chiefs say agency managers face massive task

An ongoing "brain drain" at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will make it very difficult to implement major Medicare changes, two former heads of the agency said Thursday.

Management

Kerry pledges to cut contractors, freeze travel spending

Democratic presidential standard-bearer John Kerry pledged Wednesday to cut 100,000 federal contractor jobs and to freeze agencies’ travel spending in an effort to trim the federal budget deficit.

Management

Agencies skirting job competition rules, union charges

Union officials accuse three agencies of violating OMB rules by outsourcing government jobs without giving federal employees a chance to compete for the work.