Pay & Benefits
Vets’ Preference
OPM officials say new form streamlines veterans’ preference regulations.
Management
Private sector advises acquisition panel
Proctor & Gamble executives offer tips for buying services.
Tech
FAA debuts online 'human factors' training
System provides self-guided lessons on design and development of aircraft that are safer to fly.
Defense
Lawmakers fault changes in Coast Guard acquisition program
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, laments that the agency has stretched the time frame for completing the Deepwater program to as long as 25 years.
Defense
DHS beefs up security along Arizona-Mexico border
Move comes just days before hundreds of citizens are scheduled to descend on the area to make the case that the government is not doing enough to stop illegal immigration.
Defense
Cadet: Sexual assault scandal at academy is leadership’s fault
Beth Davis, who said she was raped while at the Air Force Academy, hopes the military takes panel’s recommendations seriously.
Management
Panel to probe alleged false documents on Yucca Mountain project
Officials are investigating e-mails in which a U.S. Geological Survey employee indicated he had fabricated information, according to Energy Secretary Sam Bodman.
Management
Pointing Out the Problems
Former DHS Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin spent his two-year tenure pressing for better management at homeland security.
Tech
Cybersecurity standardization moves forward
OMB is exploring consolidation of agency cybersecurity functions as part of its strategy to reduce back-office expenses.
News
Pentagon lowers estimate of excess base capacity
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says previous estimate that 25 percent of infrastructure is unneeded is too high.
Management
National EEOC call center opens amid controversy
Critics say customer service center will lead to decrease in efficiency.
Defense
Strategy trumps money on intelligence reform, says former governor
Homeland Security Department must shift focus from vulnerabilities to threats, says former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore.
Defense
Defense policies on GSA contracts are confusing, officials say
New Pentagon rules on use of GSA and other non-Defense contracts were implemented after discovery of procurement abuses.
Defense