Management
Agencies put thousands of jobs up for competition
A promise President Bush made during the 2000 campaign—to put the jobs of 425,000 civil servants up for competition with contractors—has resonated far and wide inside the federal workforce.
Defense
Agencies craft policies for dealing with ‘severe’ terror threat
Federal executives across the country are developing policies to help them decide when to close federal offices and how best to protect their employees if the nation’s threat level is raised to red.
Management
OMB weighs changes to job competition process
The Bush administration is contemplating wide-ranging changes to rules that allow federal jobs to be directly outsourced to private companies, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Angela Styles told a Senate panel on Wednesday.
Defense
Agencies implement more stringent security measures
Federal agencies stepped up security across the country Tuesday as Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge outlined a national plan to protect the United States from terrorist attacks during a war with Iraq.
Defense
Bush nominee promises management reforms at DHS
The Homeland Security Department should have a single financial management system and a special office to track the effectiveness of department programs, President Bush’s nominee to oversee management at the new department said Thursday.
Defense
Border security chief outlines first set of management changes
Homeland Security officials will name interim port directors at 350 U.S. ports of entry when border agencies shift into the new department on March 1, Border and Transportation Security chief Asa Hutchinson told Government Executive Tuesday.
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