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

Grading the performance of the president's top executives

In a special issue this week, National Journal rates the performance of each of the members of President Bush's Cabinet.

• National Journal
• January 27, 2003

Homeland nominee praised at confirmation hearing

• Teri Rucker
• January 24, 2003

Lawmakers reject amendment to ban outsourcing targets

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• January 24, 2003

Agency to expand procurement opportunities for small business

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 23, 2003

Senator plans effort to head off air traffic privatization

• Keith Koffler
• January 23, 2003

Davis to push bill allowing president to reorganize agencies

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said Wednesday he will back legislation giving President Bush broad authority to reorganize federal agencies.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• January 22, 2003

GAO criticizes administration’s proposed changes to A-76 process

• Amelia Gruber
• January 22, 2003

Bush plans 4 percent spending hike in 2004

President Bush will seek a 4 percent increase in fiscal 2004 discretionary spending in his proposed budget, OMB Director Mitch Daniels said Tuesday.

• Keith Koffler
• January 22, 2003

Ban on job competition targets stripped from Senate bill

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• January 17, 2003

Ridge vows to set performance targets for Homeland Security

Tom Ridge, President Bush’s choice to head the Homeland Security Department, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Friday that he would hold the agency to strict performance targets.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• January 17, 2003

HUD budget woes force local housing authorities to tighten belts

• Corine Hegland
• January 17, 2003

Veterans Affairs suspends enrollment in health program

• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
• January 17, 2003