News
Five firefighting air tankers back on duty
Grounded planes pass contractor’s inspection and rejoin the fray in what could be a severe fire season.
Pay & Benefits
Defense opens special pay center for Guard, Reserves
Cleveland office intended to centralize pay expertise in the wake of recent snafus.
Tech
House seeks more supercomputing funds
Lawmakers expressed disappointment with President Bush's Energy Department budget request for high-end computing efforts.
Tech
House lawmakers favor cuts in e-government projects
Interior appropriations bill would trim more than $1 million in e-gov funding, but boost IT spending in other areas.
Management
Acquisition officials offer new details on share-in-savings proposal
Procurement councils issue guidelines for writing such contracts and developing business cases for their use.
Defense
Draft Homeland Security bill directs management changes
First-ever authorization bill for the department seeks to bolster information sharing between federal, state and local agencies.
Oversight
Break the Tie
Even though the 2004 presidential race appears today to be even, George W. Bush can't afford to go into Nov. 2 tied with Kerry.
Defense
ICE releasing illegal aliens on nationwide basis
Budgeted to handle 19,444 detainees, agency houses thousands more and lacks funds to hold them, documents show.
News
Democrats step up demands for probes of administration, agencies
They are rediscovering a time-honored tradition of ordering "fishing trips" through all manner of bureaucratic documents.
Defense
Bush wins some, loses some in security funding game
Homeland Security bill includes less funding than requested to hire intelligence officers, but endorses proposals for protecting critical infrastructure.
Management
Proposal to change small business size standards rescinded
Recommended policy would have made it easier for agencies to meet contracting targets for small businesses.
Management
The Challenger: What would Kerry do?
In the first of a two-part series on the presidential contenders, we try to find a management reform agenda in John Kerry's campaign proposals.
Management