Defense
Ridge defends Homeland Security budget request
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge defended the Bush administration’s budget request for state and local first responders Monday.
Management
GAO off the hook on job competition appeals precedent
A bid protest that had the potential to force a precedent on the appeal rights of federal employee teams losing work to contractors was dismissed by GAO on Friday.
Management
Administration says holding down pay raises helps agencies' budgets
The Bush administration wants to hold the 2005 civil servant pay raise at 1.5 percent because it does not want to saddle federal agencies with unfunded mandates, an administration official said Friday.
Defense
Pentagon scraps plan for online voting in 2004 elections
The Pentagon has canceled plans to allow military personnel to vote online in the November 2004 presidential elections, a Defense Department spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
Management
OMB should fine-tune program evaluation strategy, panelists say
The Bush administration should refine its strategy for evaluating the performance of federal programs, panelists testified at a congressional hearing Wednesday.
Defense
Park Police budget request falls short of chief's estimate
The Bush administration's fiscal 2005 budget request for the U.S. Park Police is well short of what the agency’s embattled chief said is needed to combat funding and personnel shortfalls.
Management