Management
A-76 competitions may not hurt federal workers’ pay
The public-private competition process may not cause cuts in pay and benefits for federal workers, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
Defense
Pentagon war game simulations grow more complex
Are the Pentagon's increasingly complex war game simulations better at predicting battlefield outcomes?
Defense
Talking about Defense: Fighter-plane hopes, layoff fears
Workers don't want to stop building airplanes any more than pilots want to stop flying them.
Management
Pentagon says it uses 700,000 service contractors
The Defense Department hires the equivalent of more than 700,000 employees annually to perform tasks under service contracts ranging from mowing grass at military bases to testing key weapon systems, according to a new Pentagon report.
Defense
Pentagon computer system leads to cost overruns
A recent inspector general audit turned up a $409 sink that could replace the Pentagon’s legendary $600 hammer as the latest symbol of government waste.
Defense
Space becoming the Pentagon's next frontier
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wants the Pentagon to boldly go where it has never gone before.
Defense
Rumsfeld brings corporate approach to Pentagon Inc.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is running the Pentagon his way--like a corporation.
Management
Bush links FAIR Act lists to outsourcing goals
Agencies must put up for competition at least 5 percent of the positions on their Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act lists over the next fiscal year, OMB has announced.
Defense