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
Revamp of Defense personnel system may hinge on Senate action
While the House rushes a bill to the floor this week that would give the Defense Department wide latitude to overhaul its civilian personnel system, the measure’s ultimate fate may rest on two senators’ ability to forge a consensus on the issue.
Defense
National Guard to undergo major overhaul
Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, head of the National Guard Bureau, announced Friday that the 466,000-member institution will soon begin a wide-ranging reorganization that will affect personnel in every state, territory and the District of Columbia.
Defense