Senate Dems criticize OMB competitive sourcing plan

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• February 4, 2003

Agencies face 'smart card' challenges

• National Journal
• February 4, 2003

Spy agency busts union

In the latest Bush administration move to rankle federal union leaders, the head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency on Thursday revoked collective bargaining rights from the agency’s employees.

• Brian Friel
• February 4, 2003

Coast Guard says budget request will delay Deepwater

A project to upgrade the Coast Guard’s aging fleet will fall behind schedule if it does not receive more than the $500 million slated for it in the president’s 2004 budget request, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said Tuesday.

• Amelia Gruber
• February 4, 2003

Independent panel surveys shuttle debris area

• Beth Dickey
• February 4, 2003

Agency-by-agency budget breakdown

• Congress Daily
• February 3, 2003

Bush increases NASA funding in 2004

• Kellie Lunney
• February 3, 2003

Shuttle disaster came amid privatization debate

NASA was considering several alternatives for privatizing the space shuttle fleet—including shifting full ownership of the $3.2 billion program to private contractors—when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on Saturday.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• February 3, 2003

Questions surround Postal Service pension payments

• Matthew Weinstock
• January 31, 2003

Agencies slow to move from red to green in OMB performance ratings

Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels said Thursday that federal agencies are making slow but steady progress in improving the performance of their programs.

• Matthew Weinstock
• January 30, 2003

OMB: Agencies fail to track program results

More than half of 234 federal programs analyzed by the Office of Management and Budget can’t show results for the dollars they spend.

• Matthew Weinstock
• January 30, 2003

Ridge announces reorganization of border agencies

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Thursday announced a major restructuring of the agencies that protect the nation’s borders.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• January 30, 2003

Administration to order agencies to set limits on purchase cards

• Matthew Weinstock
• January 30, 2003

Homeland Security agencies could get pass on new job competitions

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• January 30, 2003

Creation of Homeland Security Department labeled high-risk venture

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 30, 2003

Bush speaks of big initiatives, small government

In a State of the Union address dominated by initiatives to jump-start the U.S. economy and warnings of impending war in Iraq, President Bush told most federal agencies and employees to expect lean times ahead.

• Tom Shoop
• January 28, 2003

Senators rip top USDA officials over trade program

• Congress Daily
• January 28, 2003

Provision to reinstate immigrant fees tucked into omnibus

• April Fulton
• January 28, 2003

Navy travel card program prone to abuse

• National Journal
• January 27, 2003

Managing the departments: Grades for Bush's Cabinet secretaries

• National Journal
• January 27, 2003