Defense
White House redactions on tanker lease deal report raise ire
Leaders on Senate Armed Services Committee say administration withheld too much information from e-mails and other documents.
Management
Agencies said to overlook ID tag privacy and security issues
A majority of agencies using radio-frequency identification technology aren't paying enough attention to such concerns, GAO says.
Management
Transportation chief examines foreign port infrastructure
During a recent visit to Asia, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta finds that
Management
Pentagon procurement chief urges better ethics system
Air Force could have benefited from letting worries about tanker deal surface, chief says.
Management
House chairman: Contracts should focus on taxpayer value
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., says agencies should put more emphasis on the bottom line than on societal goals.
Management
NASA cancels $10 million culture change contract
Effort to improve discussions of potential safety problems at the agency will continue.
Management
Listen Up
When employees make sound business cases for change and managers respond, agencies improve.
Defense
Pentagon IG: Defense official could face criminal charges
Report identifies several former Pentagon leaders as central to the tanker deal, as well as current acquisition chief, Michael Wynne.
Defense
House Defense spending bill boosts R&D funds
Measure makes several adjustments to major procurement programs and fully funds president's request for a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel.
Defense
Pentagon IG tanker report points finger at senior officials
Report implicates more than a half-dozen senior Pentagon officials in wrongdoing, but strikes names of many other, more mid-level acquisition personnel.
Defense
FBI, Santa Fe police probe attack on Los Alamos employee
The employee, Tommy Hook, had alleged financial improprieties at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Management
Spending bills on schedule--for now
The table is set for reversing the seemingly never-ending cycle of omnibus bills and continuing resolutions, but there will be many opportunities for the process to unravel.
Defense
Ex-federal officials question pace of FBI reforms
Members of last year's 9/11 commission, reviewing progress on recommendations, will weigh whether agency should be disbanded.
Management
House to vote on postal overhaul bill
White House and bill's sponsors continue to negotiate over military pension language.
Management
FSS chief retires as Congress, industry question reorganization plan
Senior official announces retirement a day after release of draft plan that she worked on to merge her service with FTS.
Management
Appropriators wary of requiring OMB to rate programs
Lawmakers fear legislation would give the White House too much control over agency activities.
Defense
Bush directive clarifies information sharing responsibility
Move is intended to resolve ambiguities in the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.
Defense
Union criticizes punishment of Border Patrol agents
National Border Patrol Council denounces the punishment given to agents who allegedly received money from landlords while stationed along the border.
Management