Homeland border enforcement bureau looks to cross-train agents

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• August 4, 2003

Recent MCI allegations weren’t a factor in suspension

• Shane Harris
• August 1, 2003

VA weighs whether to stop job competitions at laundries

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• August 1, 2003

Senator vows to protect air traffic jobs from competition

• Amelia Gruber
• August 1, 2003

GSA bars MCI from federal contracts

The General Services Administration late Thursday moved to bar bankrupt telecommunications company MCI from winning new government contracts. The company has 30 days to respond to GSA’s proposal.

• Shane Harris
• July 31, 2003

Panel extends aid to emergency responders

• Lisa Caruso
• July 30, 2003

TSA revisits German gun contract

The Transportation Security Administration is reconsidering its recent decision to arm U.S. commercial airline pilots with German-made Heckler & Koch handguns, only a few days after House Small Business Chairman Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., inquired about the agency's method of choosing a supplier, according to congressional and gun industry sources.

• Richard H.P. Sia
• July 30, 2003

House bill resurrects private tax collection proposal

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 30, 2003

Study suggests NIH could benefit from reorganization

• Julie Rovner
• July 29, 2003

Industry defends re-competition provision in OMB rules

Industry representatives on Tuesday defended Office of Management and Budget rules that require in-house teams winning government contracts to re-compete for projects at regular intervals. Unions and lawmakers have recently questioned the rules.

• Amelia Gruber
• July 29, 2003

Mill town looks to Defense procurement for lifeline

On the scale of the mammoth $369 billion Defense spending bill, a $3 million earmark to develop a lifesaving fabric for wounded soldiers is a pittance. But it symbolizes the hope of saving a textile mill in Lawrence, Mass.

• David Hess
• July 29, 2003

FAA compromise allows job competition to go ahead

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 28, 2003

Panel frees agencies from prison purchase requirement

• Amelia Gruber
• July 28, 2003

Acquisition reform bill sails out of House committee

• Amelia Gruber
• July 25, 2003

AID awards contract for Iraq economic recovery

• Shawn Zeller
• July 25, 2003

VA job competition request left out of spending bill

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 25, 2003

Lobbying firms move into federal procurement arena

• Louis Jacobson
• July 25, 2003

Bush quietly beefs up government's role

In taking an activist approach to funding and managing the federal government, President Bush has reversed the anti-government conservatism of his GOP predecessors.

• Jonathan Rauch
• July 25, 2003

House approves overhaul of Head Start management

• Shawn Zeller
• July 25, 2003

Dems seek investigation into alleged EPA funding shortfalls

• John Stanton
• July 24, 2003