Management
White House unveils list of programs slated for cuts
List of 141 programs facing termination or reduction hits hard at Education, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture departments.
Tech
HUD irks managers with bar on teleworking
Policy forbids employees with supervisory responsibilities from working away from the office; other agencies have less strict rules.
News
Interior looks at options for expanding offshore drilling
Department proposal seeks to avoid interference with military training and testing.
Management
Budget assumes agencies will collect unlikely amount in fees
Congress may prove reluctant to enact key fee hikes incorporated into the 2007 budget, leaving money even tighter than it appears.
Pay & Benefits
Three-Way Pay Split
The president wants annual pay raises to be divided three ways: a general increase, locality differentials and special pay to address recruitment and retention needs.
News
Medicare official says management of new drug benefit improving
Congress need not step in to help, Mark McClellan says.
News
Senators lift holds on postal reform bill, paving way for vote
After reviewing bill, senators find it preferable to the House version and say it can be further improved in conference negotiations.
Management
Report: Agencies making little progress in tracking real property
Inventory identifies $9 billion in unneeded buildings.
Pay & Benefits
President pushes $3.4 billion in federal health care savings
Budget proposal would encourage Blue Cross Blue Shield to offer consumer-directed health plans; company says it is not sure it will do so.
Management
Federal spending on conferences soars
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says agency expeditures on attending events have grown by about 70 percent in five years.
Defense
Iraq reconstruction funds may run out before projects finished
The less than $3 billion left is not enough to complete 87 water and 125 electric projects, inspector general says.
Defense
Navy sets shipbuilding goals requiring big funding boost
Plan submitted to lawmakers would increase fleet, which is the smallest it has been since just before World War I, by 30 ships in five years.
Management