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

HHS chief lays out 500-day management plan

Secretary Mike Leavitt's management principles have developed over several years of leading bureaucracies.