Management
Education urged to step up oversight of for-profit schools
Agency's deputy inspector general acknowledges investigations have declined in recent years.
Management
Lawmakers ask White House to flesh out grants consolidation plan
Plan would force HUD to cede control of major community development program
Defense
Sandia nuke lab understated security risks, report finds
NNSA report found that Sandia National Laboratories played down the public's risk from its nuclear reactors.
Management
Social Security Administration dipping into politics, report says
Democrats accuse Bush administration of using agency to push its privatization agenda.
Management
Senate appropriations reorganization could come this week
Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., considering modified version of House plan to restructure subcommittees.
Management
Davis cautious on civil service reform
House Government Reform Committee chairman says White House has "a long way to go" to make case for governmentwide reform.
Management
Printing office to continue using paper format for 'nonessential' items
Agency plans, however, to increase electronic access to government documents.
Management
Pentagon investigating former officials working for contractors
Probe aims to determine if procurement executives violated federal conflict-of-interest laws.
Tech
Relocation expense tracking system operational
Agencies unable to afford a system for tracking relocation expenses can contract with a government business center.
Management
Postal Service prepares for rate hike despite strong financial results
CFO expects agency will earn $1 billion this year, break even next year.
Defense
Justice forms procurement fraud task force
In wake of scandal at Defense Department, new working group aims to combat abuses in acquisition system.
Management
Life After Government
A former government technology guru goes to the private sector, helping contractors design their pitches.
Tech
Lawmaker offers plan for curbing purchase card misuse
Bill intended to reduce wasteful spending would increase purchase card spending analysis and GSA bargain-hunting efforts.
Defense
Boeing CFO gets four-month jail sentence
Michael Sears also fined $250,000 for illegally negotiating a job for a top Air Force official at the nation’s second-largest defense contractor.
Defense
Former Boeing CFO might face prison in procurement scandal
Prosecutors argue alternatives to imprisonment would do little to deter "such illegal conduct in the future by companies and their senior management."
Management