Management

Oversight board says IRS needs $10 billion budget

The IRS needs a fiscal 2002 budget of more than $10 billion to sustain its modernization effort and improve customer service, according to the agency’s oversight board.

Management

Judge slams privatization proceedings

Management

Bush links FAIR Act lists to outsourcing goals

Agencies must put up for competition at least 5 percent of the positions on their Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act lists over the next fiscal year, OMB has announced.

Defense

Feds prepare state, local governments for terrorist attacks

The federal government has spent the past five years in a race to help local governments prepare for a chemical attack by terrorists. The initial sprint was good; the middle distance is proving to be harder.

Management

Powell plans hiring, technology initiatives if budget hike approved

Secretary of State Colin Powell is asking Congress for a 14 percent increase in the State Department’s operating budget next year, with much of the money aimed at filling job vacancies, buying new computer equipment and improving embassy security.