Oversight
Performance-based contracts found to be risky for industry
Research group says companies face higher bid and proposal costs and may have a harder time pleasing agencies.
Defense
Wildfires strain federal operations in Southern California
A shortage of personnel and a lack of information are hurdles to delivering assistance to federal employees and other affected Californians. Click here to view wildfire response photo gallery
Oversight
Report: Contracting workforce needs more training
Skills gaps are likely to be made worse by upcoming retirements, survey of competencies indicates.
Oversight
Administration touts progress in managing tech investments
Number of projects on list reflecting planning weaknesses has decreased 61 percent in the past seven months.
Defense
Bush war request quickly figures into spending fracas
Democrats criticize the president for bringing this year’s war requests to almost $200 billion, while arguing an extra $20 billion for domestic priorities is unaffordable.
Oversight
Reconsidering Giuliani
The former New York mayor’s chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination appear better than they did at the outset.
Oversight
Oversight body looks into complaints against State IG
President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency is conducting an initial review of claims the IG interfered with investigations of contractor fraud and waste.
Oversight
House panel chair accuses Blackwater of tax evasion
Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., requests a host of documents on the security contractor’s business dealings, contract awards.
Oversight
State Department urged to improve evacuation training
Exercises involving officers posted overseas should take place more often and be more realistic, GAO says.
Defense
Forward Observer: Improvised Explosive Oversight
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is on a mission to expose government waste, fraud and abuse.
Oversight
Senate to vote on moving earmark money to kids' health
Amendment to withhold funding for pet projects until all eligible children under 18 are receiving health coverage aims to put senators on the spot.
Oversight
Panel backs bill to boost contract opportunities for veterans
Measure would place veterans who are small business owners at the top of the priority list for receiving federal contracts.
Oversight
Senate makes dent in Labor-HHS bill earmarks
Democrats want to complete a conference on the spending measure by the end of the month and send it to President Bush for an expected veto.
Oversight
Interagency contract use expected to decline
Large departments like Defense want to reduce their dependence on other agencies, top officials say.
Oversight
GSA issues strongly worded response to senator’s criticisms
Statement follows a speech in which Sen. Charles Grassley accused the agency’s chief of pressuring contract officers to renew a technology agreement under unfavorable terms.
Oversight
Lawmakers push labor-management partnerships
Bill would re-establish a council Bush dissolved in 2001, with the goal of helping front-line employees and managers work together more effectively.
Oversight
Senate backs provision to curb premium class travel abuse
Amendment would forbid federal employees from using appropriated funds for unjustified premium airline tickets.
Oversight
Employee advocates cite disparities in Hatch Act enforcement
Career civil servants face much harsher consequences for breaking the law than most political appointees, witnesses say.
Oversight
Senator renews attacks on GSA chief
Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, repeats charges that Lurita Doan improperly interfered with information technology contract.
Defense