Management

House chairman introduces procurement reform bill

Tom Davis' latest effort would boost share-in-savings contracts and set up a government-industry exchange program.

Management

Lawmakers push bill to improve charge-card shopping

Legislation is designed to help government purchase cardholders spend more wisely and get bigger discounts.

Defense

House committee ponders approach to base closings

Bipartisan support for delaying the 2005 base realignment and closure round is beginning to grow.

Management

It's a Zoo

The debut of our new interactive column looks at the effort to bring coherent management to the National Zoo.

Defense

Homeland Security creates independent research center

The Homeland Security Department has created a top-secret, independent research center to review security initiatives for the department and other agencies.

News

OPM boosts efforts to thwart diploma mills

Defense

House homeland panel chairman has modest agenda

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox, R-Calif., seeks to avoid major initiatives that would cross into other House committees' turf.

Oversight

Serious Senate Races

The GOP's odds of maintaining control of the Senate have dropped.

Defense

U.S., Europe seek to cooperate on transportation security

Senior officials from the United States and Europe on Monday launched an initiative to increase cooperation on security and law enforcement matters in an effort to better stop terrorist threats.