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 Program Management

  1. A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images

    As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of drought-fueled wildfires.

    • May. 13, 2013
  2. A Border Patrol agent guards a suspect caught along the Rio Grande River in Texas. John Moore/Getty Images

    Federal employees focus on mission in face of adversity

    Federal Times invited readers to reflect on the state of public service and on what, if anything, should be done to improve it. Following are excerpts.

    • May. 6, 2013
  3. Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Zients steps down as OMB deputy director

    Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012.

    • May. 3, 2013

  4. Government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week

    Federal, state and local government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year from May 5-11.

    • May. 3, 2013
  5. Projected savings related to 215 program cuts and consolidations in the president's budget proposal would amount to more than $25 billion in savings next year, OMB Controller Danny Werfel said in a Tuesday post on the agency's official blog. Military Times

    Obama budget to propose 215 program cuts, consolidations

    The Obama administration will propose 215 program cuts, consolidations and other savings as part of its fiscal 2014 budget request set for release Wednesday, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  6. “The big problem the GAO had, if you read the report, they can't adequately estimate their savings because agencies can't tell them how much they're spending,” said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who authored the amendment requiring the annual reports. “We're a mess.” Getty Images

    Report: Redundant federal programs waste billions

    Redundant federal programs are leading to billions in waste, congressional auditors say, and the government is slow to adopt reforms to fix the problem.

    • Apr. 9, 2013
  7. SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills recently reflected on her time with the administration. Thomas Brown / Staff

    SBA chief sees capital in gains

    As head of the Small Business Administration, Karen Mills helped guarantee $106 billion in lending to more than 193,000 small businesses, including two record years of more than $30 billion each. She’s the first SBA administrator since the Clinton years to have a Cabinet-level position. She’ll step down once her successor is chosen.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  8. The Transportation Department received 1,078 congressional letters of support for funding for various projects in 2011, the first year without earmarks. John Moore / Getty Images

    Congressional spending requests less transparent, critics say

    In the more than two years since earmarks were banned to make congressional spending more transparent, lawmakers have fallen back on an age-old practice of writing letters to request money from agencies for projects back home.

    • Apr. 2, 2013
  9. Allison Kicky is undersecretary for benefits at Veterans Affairs. Veterans Affairs

    VFW defends VA official, despite continued backlog

    Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nation’s largest organization for combat veterans, has stepped up to defend the Veterans Affairs Department official responsible for processing disability benefits claims, even as some lawmakers have lost patience with the big and growing backlog.

    • Mar. 20, 2013

  10. IGs: Pending recommendations loaded with billions in savings

    The Defense and the Homeland Security departments could save almost $5 billion by following through on management fixes recommended by their inspectors general, according to testimony at a Tuesday congressional hearing.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
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