Management
OMB plans top-level pressure to move agencies out of 'red'
The White House hopes pressure from high-level officials—including President Bush—will prod agencies to improve their marks on the administration's management scorecard.
Management
Administration modifies definition of success in job competition effort
The Bush administration will no longer require federal agencies to finish public-private job competitions on 425,000 federal jobs before they can receive top marks for success in competitive sourcing, a Bush official said Thursday.
Management
White House opposes pay parity, job competition restrictions
The Bush administration announced Thursday that it opposes language in a House bill calling for military-civilian pay parity, and objects to an effort to prohibit the use of goals for putting Defense Department jobs up for competition with the private sector.
Management
Bush nominates new OMB director
President Bush on Thursday announced plans to nominate one of the White House’s deputy chiefs of staff to be the next Office of Management and Budget director.
Management
OMB chief: Management agenda needs ‘relentless follow-up’
Outgoing Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels' advice on management matters for his successor.
Management
OMB sets new targets for management agenda
In a major shift in how the White House is pursuing its government reform effort, Bush administration officials have set a deadline of July 1, 2004, for agencies to meet new performance targets.
Defense
AID plans to contract out oversight of Iraq contracts
The Agency for International Development plans to use outside firms, rather than its own employees, to provide oversight of huge Iraq reconstruction contracts.
Management
Federal workers protest outsourcing at Washington rally
A couple hundred federal workers gathered in Washington Tuesday to protest the privatization of government jobs.
Defense