Management

Senators to Bush: Get tough on high-risk problems

Two prominent Republican senators want the Bush administration to tell agencies to get serious about resolving the government’s toughest management challenges.

Magazine

Permitting uncontrolled costs

Management

Federal government fails fourth annual audit

For the fourth straight year, the federal government will fail its annual financial audit, Comptroller General David Walker said Monday.

Defense

Pentagon computer system leads to cost overruns

A recent inspector general audit turned up a $409 sink that could replace the Pentagon’s legendary $600 hammer as the latest symbol of government waste.

Pay & Benefits

House budget panel votes for military-civilian pay parity

The House Budget Committee has approved an amendment that would ensure federal military and civilian personnel receive the same average pay increase next year.

Management

Bush links FAIR Act lists to outsourcing goals

Agencies must put up for competition at least 5 percent of the positions on their Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act lists over the next fiscal year, OMB has announced.

News

Voinovich protege a candidate for GSA post

Management

Bush outsourcing plan may revitalize fizzling FAIR Act

A growing number of observers say challenging agency outsourcing lists under the FAIR Act is a waste of time. But a Bush administration plan to put hundreds of thousands of jobs up for competition may change that.