Management

Senators to Bush: Get tough on high-risk problems

Two prominent Republican senators want the Bush administration to tell agencies to get serious about resolving the government’s toughest management challenges.

Management

Scholars want AID folded into State Department

The Agency for International Development should be folded into the State Department, two scholars recommend in this month’s Foreign Service Journal.

Management

Bush team moves to overturn contractor 'blacklisting' rules

Two rules will be issued Tuesday that portend the demise of controversial contractor ethics regulations issued at the end of the Clinton administration.

Management

Watchdog boosts government’s financial grade to a C-

The government has failed its fourth consecutive annual audit, but agencies are making some progress in getting their finances in order–according to a watchdog’s annual financial report card.

Management

Pentagon says it uses 700,000 service contractors

The Defense Department hires the equivalent of more than 700,000 employees annually to perform tasks under service contracts ranging from mowing grass at military bases to testing key weapon systems, according to a new Pentagon report.

Management

FAA managers say air traffic control oversight lacking

Management cuts and pay inequity in the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control operations are contributing to declining safety in the skies, agency managers told a House panel Wednesday.

Management

OMB deputy says Bush will use Results Act to push reforms

The second-ranking official at the Office of Management and Budget said Tuesday that the Bush administration will use the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act as the cornerstone of its efforts to improve federal management.

Management

Federal government fails fourth annual audit

For the fourth straight year, the federal government will fail its annual financial audit, Comptroller General David Walker said Monday.

Defense

Pentagon computer system leads to cost overruns

A recent inspector general audit turned up a $409 sink that could replace the Pentagon’s legendary $600 hammer as the latest symbol of government waste.