Defense

Pentagon scraps plan for online voting in 2004 elections

The Pentagon has canceled plans to allow military personnel to vote online in the November 2004 presidential elections, a Defense Department spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

Management

OMB should fine-tune program evaluation strategy, panelists say

The Bush administration should refine its strategy for evaluating the performance of federal programs, panelists testified at a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Defense

Park Police budget request falls short of chief's estimate

The Bush administration's fiscal 2005 budget request for the U.S. Park Police is well short of what the agency’s embattled chief said is needed to combat funding and personnel shortfalls.

Management

Bush seeks $1 billion in cuts for subpar programs

President Bush will recommend axing $1 billion worth of poorly performing federal programs in his fiscal 2005 budget proposal, according to an administration official.

Management

Agencies' management grades continue to improve

Agencies continue to inch their way to green on OMB's traffic-light management scorecard, administration officials said Thursday.

Defense

Cyber alert system debuts as super worm spreads

While a virulent new computer worm spread around the Internet, the Homeland Security Department on Wednesday unveiled a cyber alert system to send e-mail warnings of such threats.