Management
Firms seek to sell U.N. on privatized peacekeeping
The United Nations faces a crisis in peacekeeping operations, and private security companies say they have a solution.
Defense
Bush budget lacks funds for Baghdad embassy
Building, staffing and providing security for the facility could cost up to $1 billion in 2005.
Management
Environmental group challenges Forest Service job inventories
A nonprofit group in Oregon has added complaints about the Forest Service’s method of compiling FAIR Act inventories to a lawsuit disputing an agency decision to outsource analyst positions.
Management
Panel presses administration to hire 3,000 temporary firefighters
Western states are struggling to deal with the latest wildfire outbreak.
Management
Plan to recruit nurses to VA jobs wins backing
House subcommittee approves a measure that would test use of professional recruiters and advertisers.
Management
Safety concerns ground large firefighting air tankers
Probe into three crashes concludes that incomplete maintenance records make it impossible to determine the airworthiness of the fleet of retired military planes.
Defense
Senate leader seeks to increase Pentagon's supplemental request
Emergency fiscal 2005 funds for Iraq and Afghanistan could total as much as $50 billion, and the Pentagon could have the flexibility to shift money between accounts.
Management
Paperwork reduction plan progresses
House committee members target the IRS, which accounts for more than 80 percent of federal regulatory paperwork.
Management
Postal Service overhaul clears first hurdle
House Government Reform Committee unanimously approves biggest overhaul of postal operations in more than 30 years.
Management
Safety assessments released on four NASA projects
A safety center created in the aftermath of the space shuttle Columbia disaster has released its first assessments on four high-profile National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects.
Management
House panel backs union-supported changes in competitive sourcing
Measure paves the way for a broadening of federal employees' rights to protest outsourcing decisions.
Tech
Officials address business hurdles to security contracting
They include liability issues, intellectual property protection and the sharing of confidential company information with the government.
Management
Nuclear agency managers among diploma mill users
National Nuclear Security Administration officials said Tuesday that the bogus degrees would not affect the managers' job status.
Management
Budget negotiations remain gridlocked
Senate GOP moderates withhold support for the latest budget plan.
Management
Defense encounters obstacles to small business contracting
At a time when federal agencies are awarding more prime contracts than ever to small businesses, those looking for Defense-related subcontracts may feel left out.
Management
Senator challenges USDA mad cow testing plan
Sen. Tom Harkin, R-Iowa, says the Agriculture Department's plan to increase the number of animals tested is not statistically valid.
Tech
Database firm rejects TSA's pre-screening approach
ChoicePoint CEO Derek Smith says the airline passenger pre-screening system in development is too much like the controversial Terrorism Information Awareness data-mining project.
Management
Senate panel to give diploma mills the third degree
While investigating fake degree-granting institutions, GAO auditors obtained two diplomas under a Senate leader's name.
Management