Management

Bush outsourcing plan may revitalize fizzling FAIR Act

A growing number of observers say challenging agency outsourcing lists under the FAIR Act is a waste of time. But a Bush administration plan to put hundreds of thousands of jobs up for competition may change that.

Defense

Air Force contract bundling effort upheld

The General Accounting Office has ruled that a huge Air Force weapons maintenance contract does not violate laws designed to protect small businesses from bundled contracting practices.