Management

FAA withholds bonuses for top executives

Citing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration will not award performance bonuses to its top executives this year, Jane Garvey, FAA administrator said Thursday.

Management

Congress reaches deal on military base closings

Congress will likely approve military base closings in 2005 and, for the first time, require that some Energy Department facilities be reviewed for shuttering, according to congressional and industry sources.

Management

Major changes in store for NASA

Privatizing the space shuttle program is one of several management reforms the Bush administration is considering for NASA, President Bush’s pick to lead the space agency told Congress Friday.

Defense

Pentagon auditors fail peer review

Pay & Benefits

Court rejects TSP board’s $350 million lawsuit

The board that runs the federal Thrift Savings Plan cannot sue a contractor over a failed computer system modernization, a federal judge has ruled. The board is appealing the ruling.

Management

Effort to adjust federal staffing overseas stalled

The government has little to show for a two-year effort aimed at “rightsizing” the federal workforce serving overseas, the General Accounting Office has found. But the Bush administration may force a reshuffling of civil servants abroad in coming years.

Management

New law reinstates burdensome reports