Management
Defense tightens reins on outside contracts
New procedures will ensure compliance with federal regulations, after misuse reports.
Defense
House chair calls for single anti-money laundering agency
Rep. Sue Kelly, R-N.Y., laments "vast expanse of bureaucracies" that are currently responsible for seeking to cut off terrorist financing.
Defense
GOP blocks war-profiteering amendment
Measure would have created new penalties -- including up to 20 years in jail -- for contractors convicted of overcharging.
Management
Commission suggests elevating NASA to Cabinet status
Overhaul recommendations include turning space agency’s field centers into research facilities.
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