Defense

German gun maker wins TSA contract to arm airline pilots

The Transportation Security Administration has selected the German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch to supply the handguns the agency will use to arm commercial airline pilots.

Management

Panel urges Postal Service to consolidate

To improve its financial health, the Postal Service should consolidate its facilities and should consider outsourcing tasks “incidental” to delivering the mail, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.

Defense

IRS official to head Homeland Security procurement

A senior procurement official with the Internal Revenue Service has been tapped to become procurement chief of the Homeland Security Department, IRS officials said Tuesday.

Management

Nine agencies earn higher management grades

In the third quarter of fiscal 2003, nine federal agencies moved up a notch on the Office of Management and Budget’s “traffic light” system for rating compliance with the president’s five-part management agenda.