Management
OMB eliminates broad competitive sourcing targets
The Office of Management and Budget will no longer hold agencies to governmentwide numerical targets for competitive sourcing—including the goal of opening 425,000 federal jobs to private competition—federal procurement chief Angela Styles said Thursday.
Management
Postal panel tackles collective bargaining, pay
The Postal Service should have the authority to negotiate retiree pension and health care benefits that are different from those offered under existing federal plans, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.
News
Backlog of whistleblower complaints piles up
The number of civil servants who lodge allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies is growing, and they aren’t getting timely responses to their complaints.
Management
Lawmakers renew push to tighten contractor ethics standards
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would make it easier for agencies to locate companies with histories of misbehavior and bar them from federal contracting work.
Management
Panel urges Postal Service to consolidate
To improve its financial health, the Postal Service should consolidate its facilities and should consider outsourcing tasks “incidental” to delivering the mail, a nine-member commission appointed to study postal reform said Wednesday.
Management
Nine agencies earn higher management grades
In the third quarter of fiscal 2003, nine federal agencies moved up a notch on the Office of Management and Budget’s “traffic light” system for rating compliance with the president’s five-part management agenda.
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