Defense

House panel authorizes $73.4 billion military procurement

Management

VA still buried in claims backlog

Management

Panel urges White House, Congress to scrap A-76 process

A congressionally mandated panel has voted to scrap the government’s 36-year old outsourcing policy and replace it with a new process based on the federal procurement system.

Management

Army renews effort to count contractors

In what amounts to a sweeping indictment of the downsizing strategy pursued by the Army in the 1990s, Army Secretary Thomas White has said contractor employees should not be off-limits to downsizing initiatives and has revived a controversial Army effort to count its contractor workforce.

Management

House votes to replace INS with two new agencies

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to abolish the Immigration and Naturalization Service and replace it with two new agencies in the Justice Department.