Management
SEC urged to flesh out performance goals
Lawmaker finds regulatory agency’s five-year strategic plan low on substance.
Management
Homeland Security unit freezes spending until end of fiscal year
Order temporarily limits purchases and travel in three of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau’s offices.
Management
House votes to curtail job competitions
Lawmakers support a House member in his second attempt to force the Bush administration back to the drawing board.
Management
EEOC awards $4.9 million contract for customer service center
Choice of Virginia contractor stirs criticism.
Management
Social Security, union clash over sexual orientation contract provisions
Union claims agency seeks to remove provisions allowing gays and lesbians to file grievances alleging discrimination.
Management
EEOC approves plan for national customer service center
Under the proposal endorsed by three of four commissioners, a contractor would set up and run the center.
Management
Panelists discuss evolving role of federal CFOs
Lawmakers invite witnesses to offer ideas on where the head of finance best fits in agencies’ management structures.
News
House votes to bar IRS from outsourcing tax collection
Provision prohibits the use of private sector debt collectors.
Management
House lawmaker to renew challenge of job competition rules
Democrat is again introducing language that would force Bush administration to rethink competitive sourcing guidelines.
Management
GAO gives advice on passing governmentwide audit
Auditors recommend ways the government can get past obstacles to a clean opinion.
Management
Democrats discuss potential obstacles to oversight of Iraq contracts
Concerns raised over contractor’s role in maintaining a central database of government purchase information.
Management
Senate seeks to halt competition for immigration jobs
White House threatens to veto the spending bill over the provision, which mirrors one passed by the House over the summer.
Management
EEOC to vote on customer service center proposal
Commissioners have until Friday to weigh in on a proposal to let contractors run the center.
Management
Senator renews attacks on revised version of job competition rules
Senate panel supports a measure to repeal the revised version of Circular A-76, the Bush administration’s rule book on competitive sourcing.
Management
Bush pledges resources for war on terror, strengthening of domestic programs
The president’s acceptance speech in New York focuses on homeland security and his promises to help federal programs better serve the public.
Management
Pentagon encourages environmentally friendly acquisitions
New guidelines push Pentagon officials to buy recycled products.
News
GAO: FBI's antiterrorism focus not harming traditional work
As the bureau concentrates on terrorism, other agencies pick up the slack for drug-related, white-collar and violent crimes.
Management
OPM retools management awards program
Changes are designed to align the President's Quality Awards to the Bush administration’s five management goals.
Management
Poll finds government falling in public’s esteem
The portion of Americans expressing a positive view of the government fell by seven percentage points in the past year, a Gallup survey finds.
News
Discrimination issues on the agenda at EEOC conference
Civil rights advocates say the agency falls short in helping implement a 2002 anti-discrimination law.
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