Management

Contracting: When FAIR is Fair

Management

OMB, Defense put a lid on Army contractor workforce study

The Army has stopped collecting labor information from its contractors in response to concerns from the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget.

Tech

Road to accessible technology just beginning, managers say

Management

Bush won’t seek civil service reform this year

The Bush administration will not seek legislation this year to improve the civil service system, as proposed by President Bush in his fiscal 2002 budget, Office of Management and Budget spokesman Chris Ullman said Thursday.

Management

Outsourcing panel told to scrap Circular A-76

A special panel on federal contracting issues should work to eliminate OMB Circular A-76, witnesses said at the panel’s inaugural public hearing Monday.

Management

Definition of 'inherently governmental' could change

A high-level panel reviewing federal outsourcing policy is working to better define when and why federal jobs can be considered inherently governmental, Comptroller General David Walker said in an interview this week.

Management

Pentagon acquisition boss moves to help contractors

The Defense Department will no longer force contractors to shoulder part of the cost of Pentagon research and development projects, Pete Aldridge, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said Wednesday.