In a statement accompanying the final version of the fiscal 2009 Defense authorization bill, the Senate and House Armed Services committees sharply criticized the Defense Department for lack of planning and poor oversight of a computer network

Census officials want to spend about $795 million on the handheld computers, which will be equipped with Global Positioning System technology that temporary workers will use to input into the bureau's database

The U.S. Postal Service has indefinitely frozen all hiring, promotions and other personnel changes in its latest response to a worsening financial position.

While much of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's management reform agenda echoes the Clinton-Gore theme of reinventing government, a Bush administration-like focus on performance is likely to remain a high priority, observers said on Tuesday.

While much of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's management reform agenda echoes the Clinton-Gore theme of reinventing government, a Bush administration-like focus on performance is likely to remain a high priority, observers said on Tuesday.

The Defense Department has laid the groundwork for a radical shift in the way it processes and stores soldiers’ and veterans’ electronic health records, planning to re-engineer a system a network it spent $6 billion and eight years developing in-house

The Treasury Department has not fully implemented best practices for tracking and managing information technology investments, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Monday.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama fleshed out his government reform agenda in a campaign appearance Monday, promising to fire managers of poor-performing programs and appoint a White House "SWAT team" made up of government professionals

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board expects the Thrift Savings Plan's costs to remain low next year even as systems modernization and communications efforts continue. The board also is crafting a continuity of operations plan

Search-and-rescue missions for people stranded by Hurricane Ike remained the key priority for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday, two days after the storm slammed into Texas Gulf Coast communities.