Management
Public service academy proposal gains lawmakers’ ears
The free four-year undergraduate education would require a five-year service commitment.
Defense
Defense business agency gets Iraq contracting assignment
Business Transformation Agency will head up effort to improve policies and procedures for rebuilding Iraq.
Defense
Contractor’s rise shows blurred government, industry lines
Despite several failed projects, Science Applications International Corp. has grown into one of the top federal contractors.
Defense
Lawmakers seek details on DHS plans for detainee surge
Possibility of using cruise ships to hold illegal immigrants raises concerns about expense and waste, the legislators say.
Management
Defense Department seeks input on military mail overhaul
Push for transformational, end-to-end solution could result in public-private job competition.
Tech
Feds displaced by flooding offered use of telework centers
Month-long closure of IRS headquarters prompts GSA to open its 14 telework centers to affected employees at no charge.
Defense
House Democrats seek more money for rail, mass transit security
Citing Homeland Security Committee report, lawmakers assail Bush administration priorities.
Defense
House loosens claims policy for debt-ridden flood program
Congress already has allowed FEMA to borrow $20.8 billion from the Treasury to pay claims from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Defense
Defense contractors gear up to fight foreign metals ban
Industry groups want to ensure that the conference version of the defense authorization bill does not alter the status quo.
Management
House agrees to provision limiting competitive sourcing
After three years of House passage but defeat later in the legislative process, language’s chances of enactment are unclear.
Tech
House steps up telework requirements at several agencies
Agencies would face financial penalties if they fail to increase the number of employees eligible to work away from the office.
Management
New Smithsonian inspector general to report to board
Previous IG resigned earlier this month in the midst of an investigation into Smithsonian salaries, expenses and business ventures.
Management
Defense IG to release reports on interagency contracting problems
Reports also will detail Anti-Deficiency Act violations; acquisition panel calls regulatory framework sufficient to handle “bad apples.”
Tech
VA info security chief says he had impossible task
Pedro Cadenas, who abruptly resigned his post, says in more than three years on job, he lacked authority to make substantive changes.
Defense
Bid to keep FEMA within DHS gains momentum
White House has opposed the idea of FEMA’s removal from the department.
Management
Panel finds performance-based contracts implemented poorly
Forty percent were wrongly counted toward OMB quota.
Management
Senate approves Wall Street executive as new Treasury chief
Henry Paulson has pledged to trim the budget deficit and push China to reform its currency policy.
Defense
Coast Guard authorization bill sails through House panel
Bill would allow service to be on a path to modernization in 15, rather than 25, years.
Defense