Management
Gingrich calls for State Department revamp, AID closure
The State Department should be reorganized and the Agency for International Development should be abolished because of diplomatic failures this year, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday.
Management
Former federal employees benefit from buyout
Employees of the first company formed by privatizing part of a federal agency are reaping a financial windfall after their firm was bought out by a group of venture capitalists.
Management
Printing changes still on the way, OMB says
New rules allowing federal agencies to purchase printing services directly from private firms will be issued “in the near future,” an Office of Management and Budget spokesman said Friday. In the meantime, agencies still must go through the Government Printing Office for most jobs.
Management
GAO to broadly probe Iraq contracts
The General Accounting Office will launch a broad-scale probe into methods and secrecy that surrounds awarding of contracts to rebuild Iraq, Comptroller General David Walker said Thursday in an interview with National Journal Group reporters.
Management
Air Force: Sex assault scandal confined to the academy
The Air Force in general does not have the same problem with allegations of sexual assault that its academy does, according to an agency spokesman.
Defense