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

OMB to review guidelines for reporting improper payments

Current instructions may lead to underreporting, lawmaker says.