Management
Spending panels cut programs, but some pet projects survive
House Appropriations Committee stays on pace with White House's proposed hit list of 99 discretionary programs.
Defense
Officials: Real intelligence reform could take 10 years
Reformers defeat first attempt to roll back powers of new national intelligence director, but expect more battles to come.
Management
Advocates for blind fight reorganization of Education agency
The Bush administration says it just wants to streamline Rehabilitation Services Administration, but the blind say the effort is designed to diminish a program built specifically to help them.
Management
DHS scolded on financial accountability
Forty-five days after deadline to appoint Senate-confirmed chief financial officer, no candidates have been interviewed.
Tech
House panel again tells agencies: Increase telework or lose funds
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., continues to push measure to withhold $5 million from agencies that fail to boost the number of employees who telecommute.
Management
Senate committee approves measure that tweaks FOIA
Measure is a companion bill to broader legislation to overhaul the Freedom of Information Act.
Defense
Homeland security officials set to implement organizational changes
DHS chief set to announce actions to be taken as a result of review of all of department's operations.
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