Defense

Senate panel takes its turn at Pentagon personnel overhaul

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee stepped into the fray Tuesday over plans to overhaul the Pentagon's management of some 730,000 civilian employees.

News

Administration officials say Amtrak needs major overhaul

Bush administration officials Tuesday called for a sweeping overhaul of the money-losing Amtrak passenger rail system to cure what an official says is a deteriorating operation.

Management

GAO to broadly probe Iraq contracts

The General Accounting Office will launch a broad-scale probe into methods and secrecy that surrounds awarding of contracts to rebuild Iraq, Comptroller General David Walker said Thursday in an interview with National Journal Group reporters.

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Lawmakers question independence of shuttle probe

At the first congressional hearing into the Columbia space shuttle disaster Wednesday, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers strongly questioned whether a multi-agency special board created to investigate the disaster is truly independent of NASA.