Tech
GSA extends deadline to sign up for ID card services
Agencies struggle with mandate to issue new smart identification cards and upgrade building and computer access systems by Oct. 27.
Management
IRS prepares to start private debt collection next week
House, Senate divided on whether to block the initiative.
Pay & Benefits
Bush declines to offer alternative pay raise plan
Inaction by Aug. 31 deadline gives de facto support for 1.7 percent across-the-board white-collar raise.
Defense
Congress may balk at DHS push to oust illegal Salvadorans
Agency may get more funds for detention centers in lieu of change in decades-old policy preventing deportation of most Salvadorans.
Pay & Benefits
Moving Ahead
The Bush administration isn’t waiting for legislation to expand pay-for-performance efforts in federal agencies.
Tech
E-Gov at Five Years, Part Four: Mixed Results
Winning interagency support for large projects has proved challenging.
Management
Procurement spending continues to rise
Agencies are spending money on contracts at historic levels, this year's list of the top 200 federal contractors shows, but a downturn looms.
Pay & Benefits
OPM reaffirms dental, vision contract awards
Blue Cross Blue Shield again shut out of dental contracts; new benefits on track to be offered in November.
Tech
Bush names VA chief information officer
Robert Howard, currently the acting CIO, would get what some believe is unprecedented authority for a VA technology chief.
Management
Acquisition panel takes up conflict of interest issues
Cross-training on government and contractor ethics rules could bridge gaps in knowledge, advisory commission members say.
Defense
DHS keeping close eye on rebuilding funds, official says
Reconstruction coordinator Donald Powell argues that disaster assistance law is restrictive.
Management
Reform Fantasy
Federal managers should accept reality: There ain’t gonna be no personnel reform. So says a longtime federal human resources expert.
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