A new computer system to track the arrival and departure of foreign visitors will almost certainly be far more difficult and expensive than the Bush administration has let on.
In a major shift in how the White House is pursuing its government reform effort, Bush administration officials have set a deadline of July 1, 2004, for agencies to meet new performance targets.
Management questions and concerns about outdated systems and insufficient integration prompted a House Armed Services subcommittee on Friday to vote to cut $2 billion from the Defense Department's fiscal 2004 budget request for information technology programs.
