Management

Report spawns rethinking about NASA's reliance on contractors

The report on the space shuttle Columbia disaster is raising serious questions about NASA's heavy reliance on contractors to perform its mission.

Management

EEOC scorecard to rate agencies’ anti-discrimination efforts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will rate agencies’ anti-discrimination efforts using a scorecard as part of a broader plan to hold agencies more accountable for discrimination in the federal workplace, EEOC officials announced Tuesday.

Management

GAO: Agencies still wasting space

Management

Longtime AFGE member elected to lead union

Delegates of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, elected a new president Wednesday night, ousting two-term president Bobby Harnage.

Management

Los Alamos whistleblower wins large settlement

The University of California has agreed to a $930,000 settlement with a former investigator who last fall drew attention to management problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Management

Postal reform backers upbeat, but effort may be delayed

Congressional champions of Postal Service reform are predicting success for legislation to overhaul the cash-strapped mail system. But postal unions' opposition to some reform proposals could push the effort into next year.

Management

GSA office rebuffed oversight, former official says

A General Services Administration office that was found to have misused tens of millions of dollars in federal funds “pushed the envelope” of appropriate behavior for years, according to a former GSA official.