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