Management
Los Alamos whistleblower wins large settlement
The University of California has agreed to a $930,000 settlement with a former investigator who last fall drew attention to management problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
News
Public finds government inefficient, study shows
Americans would choose their government over any other in the world, but a majority “believe Washington is too big, inefficient and wasteful,” according to a study released Aug. 6 by a conservative think tank.
Management
Homeland Security to compete immigration services jobs
Homeland Security Department employees who handle benefits and other services for immigrants will have to compete for their jobs within the next 11 months, the head of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in an Aug. 1 internal e-mail to staff.
Tech
OMB challenges report on Privacy Act compliance
Bush administration officials have rebuked the General Accounting Office for concluding in a new report that agencies are not taking adequate steps to protect private records.
Management