Management
Safety repairs ordered on orbiting shuttle
Spacewalker will try to remove material on heat shield in risky procedure.
Management
Defense updates competitive sourcing software
Latest version further automates, standardizes cost calculations.
Management
Share-in-savings contracting regulations at least a month away
In the absence of guidelines, agencies hesitant to use contract vehicle.
Management
Shuttle close call stymies review panel
Close call with a chunk of fuel-tank debris draws shock from expert panel.
Management
IRS puts plans for assistance center closures on hold
Plan had generated opposition on Capitol Hill.
Defense
Rice proposes State Department reorganization
Plan would merge two offices to create new Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.
Management
Transportation safety board in turmoil
Board now has no members with a background in engineering or aviation; employee represenatives say morale is sinking.
Management
Shuttle fleet grounded indefinitely
Discovery arrives at space station with supplies, prepares to do repairs.
Defense
Intelligence community grapples with ‘daunting challenges’
Deputy national intelligence director says agencies must morph into a nonhierarchical network in order to counter decentralized terrorist organizations.
Management
Homeland Security says it's following financial law
Revised organizational chart shows agency's CFO reporting directly to Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Management
Shuttle undergoes thorough exam
Astronauts inspect possible damage to Discovery with robotic arm.
Management
OMB honored for program assessment effort
Rating tool is one of public service projects honored with Innovations in American Government awards.
Management
House approves postal overhaul bill
Legislation includes measures opposed by White House that will need to be worked out in negotiations with Senate.
Management
The Sums of Silence
Failure to cultivate employee idea programs could be costing agencies millions.
Management
Options running out for opponents of FAA outsourcing
Denial of bid protest moves FAA one step closer to October transfer date of flight service operations to Lockheed Martin.
Management
Former contractor executives plead guilty to conflict of interest charges
Defendants offered Army official $125,000-a-year job during negotiations.
Management
White House floating compromise on postal overhaul bill
Plan could break stalemate with legislators.
Management
Accounting giant pays $42 million to settle dispute over travel expenses
Federal task force had alleged that PricewaterhouseCoopers overcharged agencies.
Management
Chertoff repeats call for swift personnel reform
Homeland Security secretary also defends decision to leave management directorate intact.
Management