Defense

House panel laments military procurement squeeze

Management

Agencies’ performance reports fall short of expectations

The most recent round of performance reports by federal agencies still don’t provide an adequate picture of how the government is performing, according to Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

Defense

Navy workers go on charge card shopping spree

Navy personnel bought $500 worth of Mary Kay cosmetics, $700 in compact discs and a $400 designer briefcase on their government purchase cards last year, officials with the General Accounting Office told Congress Monday.

Management

Army contractors earn higher salaries, study finds

Employees of contractors who work for the Army earn much higher average salaries than the Army’s own civilian and military employees, according to preliminary data from an Army study.