Pay & Benefits

DHS secretary urges swift personnel overhaul

Michael Chertoff also urges full funding for the pay-for-performance system.

Management

Pentagon procurement chief urges better ethics system

Air Force could have benefited from letting worries about tanker deal surface, chief says.

Features

Battling Backlogs

News And Analysis

Split on Nukes

News And Analysis

Plan B

Management

IRS to shut 68 customer service centers

Decision to close taxpayer assistance offices in October will eliminate 430 jobs.

Management

Special counsel report counters complaints from watchdog groups

Agency says numbers show cases were not dismissed after minimal review in order to clear backlog.

Management

E-mail message spurs concern over OMB competitive sourcing tactics

Union officials worry OMB is pressuring the Forest Service to meet numerical targets.

Management

Homeland Security weighs change to procurement directive

Officials urged to include Coast Guard and Secret Service in October 2004 policy.

News And Analysis

Hanging On

Features

Running the Rapids

Management

Telework slow to take hold in emergency planning, GAO says

Few agencies mention telework in conjunction with continuity of operations.

Management

Lawmakers move to block outsourcing of flight service jobs

In last-ditch effort, bill would classify the FAA work as inherently governmental.

Features

Shifting Gears

Management

Flight service employees file age discrimination suit

Complaint claims decision to outsource flight service operations disproportionately harms older workers.

Management

Share-in-savings contracting policy to be unveiled next week

Rules designed to temper risks, but spark criticism.

Management

Congressional concerns linger over performance-based budgets

Appropriations staffers say budget justifications contain too little information on workload and output, too much on management.

Management

Legal battle over FAA outsourcing decision begins

Protest by losing employee team could delay plans to transfer flight service work to contractor.

News And Analysis

Waiting for Secrets

News And Analysis

Bolstering Buyers