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The Muddy Middle

Management

Kerry, Edwards unveil plan to cut managers, trim bureaucracy

Democratic standard-bearers pledge to slash supervisory positions, eliminate several agencies, cut contractors and freeze the federal travel budget.

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Better Management, Naturally

Defense

Kerry backs military, intelligence overhaul in convention speech

Democratic nominee emphasizes his military service and pledges to implement all of the 9/11 commission's recommendations.

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Into the Woods

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Details, Details

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Numbers Game

Defense

CIA Director Tenet resigns; to leave post in July

President Bush accepted his resignation Wednesday night; said he has done a "superb job."

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Accountability Lite

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The Meaning of Service

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See You in Court

Management

Kerry pledges to cut contractors, freeze travel spending

Democratic presidential standard-bearer John Kerry pledged Wednesday to cut 100,000 federal contractor jobs and to freeze agencies’ travel spending in an effort to trim the federal budget deficit.

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The Missing Link

Lofty rhetoric aside, there's simply no direct line that can be drawn between a federal program's performance and its budget.

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Speak No Evil

Pay & Benefits

President moves to limit 2004 federal pay raise

President Bush issued a plan Wednesday designed to limit the pay increase for white-collar federal employees to an average of 2 percent in 2004.

Management

NASA needs management overhaul, shuttle investigators told

In its final public hearing Thursday, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board moved beyond the search for the immediate cause of the loss of the space shuttle on Feb. 1 to probe the overall state of NASA’s management.