Pay & Benefits
GSA employee goes from union organizing to stapler filling
Agency calls it routine reassignment; clerk sees ulterior motive.
Oversight
Surplus federal computers not reaching rural towns
Advocates push for passage of a bill that would direct federal surplus property to communities in need.
Oversight
Bush urges federal agencies to purchase from blind, severely disabled
President promotes a federal procurement initiative that provides jobs for disabled Americans.
Defense
Pentagon management of multiyear procurements questioned
Defense Department unable to justify savings from using contracts that do not require annual reauthorization, GAO finds.
Oversight
GSA chief accuses oversight panel of mishandling IG probe
Lurita Doan says whistleblower allegations against the agency's inspector general were dismissed without a substantive investigation.
Oversight
Administration seeks to scrap limits on job competitions
Budget proposal seeks to repeal restrictions Congress recently placed on public-private competitions.
News And Analysis
Controlling Costs
GAO has a few ideas for how agencies can best manage their funding estimates.
News
GSA under pressure to raise mileage reimbursement rate
New rate of 50.5 cents per mile would match figure already approved by IRS for 2008.
Oversight
Agencies' management grades continue to rise
In latest Bush administration score card, three agencies reach highest grades possible, 87 percent rate at least moderately acceptable.
Oversight
Bush orders agencies to ignore earmarks
Move affects only those included in committee reports rather than the text of legislation; analysts question whether president’s overall earmark reduction effort will work.
Oversight
GSA inspector general says he's been cleared of misconduct charges
Complaints by counsel’s office dismissed by oversight panel, according to IG Brian Miller.
Oversight
New direction charted for wartime contracting
Added oversight, contract management needed to rein in costs, experts tell Congress.
Oversight
GSA watchdog finds himself on other side of misconduct investigation
Former counsel alleges misuse of resources, retaliatory actions against managers at inspector general’s office.
Oversight
Pentagon takes another hit for interagency contracting practices
Defense inspector general reports that contracts arranged though Veterans Affairs failed to follow proper regulations.
Oversight
Defense contractors charged with bid-rigging
Baltimore man allegedly sold confidential data on fuel contracts to two competing European firms.
Oversight
GAO upholds protest of lucrative Air Force contract
Watchdog agency sustains challenge of Boeing’s $1.2 billion award for maintenance of KC-135 aircraft.
Defense
Senate chairman criticizes sale of fighter planes to Pakistan
Lockheed Martin awarded $500 million contract to supply nation with 18 F-16 aircraft.
News And Analysis
The Game Changer
If the Iraqi government repeals immunity for American contractors, all bets are off.
Defense
Labor union, congresswoman allege abuse of Navy laundry contract
Questions raised about a $2.17 million small business contract for West Coast naval bases.
Oversight
Biggest contractors support Clinton, other Democrats, in 2008 race
More than 60 percent of the 50 largest contractors' campaign contributions have gone to Democratic candidates.
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