Management

Agencies struggle to meet job competition goals

Agencies are battling their own cultures as they try to comply with the Bush administration’s directive to let companies compete for 425,000 federal jobs.

Management

VA halts all competitive sourcing studies pending ruling

The Veterans Affairs Department has halted all public-private job competitions over concerns that the program could violate federal law, putting one of the biggest competitive sourcing programs in government on hold.

Tech

Judge orders partial Internet blackout at Interior

The Interior Department this week has disconnected computer systems from the Internet for the second time in two years amid a federal judge’s concerns about computer security for Native Americans’ financial records.

Defense

At DHS, the Bush team and unions are actually getting along

Federal unions and officials at the new Homeland Security Department are doing a surprising thing: They’re getting along.