Management
GSA names new public buildings chief
Washington lawyer David L. Winstead will take over as commissioner of Public Buildings Service.
Management
Pentagon personnel reforms on the brink of completion
Labor relations rules scheduled to be in place in less than three months.
Management
Senators seek to rein in Katrina purchase card limit
Support building for move to reverse rise in purchase limit from $2,500 to $250,000 on government employee credit cards.
Management
Agency decides pay banding is not the answer
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight switches from system with seven broad pay bands to more traditional structure with 18 pay grades.
Management
Career employee to lead competitive sourcing efforts
Position that has been vacant for four years will be filled by 15-year OMB veteran.
Management
Congress votes to keep agencies open in new fiscal year
Most departments and agencies will be funded at frozen or reduced levels until Nov. 18.
Management
Top civil servants honored with Service to America Medals
Fourth annual awards ceremony honors high-flying feds.
Management
MSPB: Supervisors don’t fire poor performers in probationary period
A third of new employees are not told about probationary period.
Management
Revised DHS labor relations rules under scrutiny
Judge questions whether revisions go far enough in providing binding contracts.
Defense
Organizational changes on tap for TSA
Shakeup would include eliminating old positions, creating new ones and possibly changing airport checkpoint procedures.
Defense
Senate committee lifts ethics rule for Defense nominees
The rule, unique to the defense panel, required senior Pentagon officials holding pensions from defense contractors to buy an insurance policy to lock away the value of their benefits.
Defense
FEMA’s decline: an agency's slow slide from grace
Once the poster child for transformation and efficiency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s gradual deterioration left it weak and ill-prepared for Katrina.
Management
Impossible Goals
Despite the odds against closing the books in 45 days, financial managers hit the mark.
Defense
Officials fear contracting abuses in wake of Hurricane Katrina
Some say flood of funding, lax oversight and quick contracting creates 'perfect storm' for waste.
Management
GAO: Procurement database unreliable despite upgrade
New system is also difficult to use, auditors find.
Management
Postal Service projects $1.8 billion budget shortfall
Rate increase will not offset shortage, officials say.
Defense
Former FEMA director says agency was gutted
Michael Brown initially blames state and local officials for Hurricane Katrina problems, but concedes under questioning that the federal government also failed.
Management
Demonstration projects find success in personnel reform
Opponents argue that small-scale experiments are not applicable governmentwide.
Management