On Aug. 9, Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveiled the Defense Department's plan to trim unnecessary expenses so the savings can be reinvested in war-fighting capabilities, such as un-manned aerial vehicles, multi-mission Navy ships and helicopters.

Like Secretary Robert Gates, I would like to recommend a cost-saving measure: Duty-station moves can be scaled back, especially for civilian employees overseas who were hired overseas and want to stay in their jobs.

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service kicked off contract negotiations with its four primary unions.

A government office charged with coordinating green building technology and providing technical assistance may see its annual budget cut by 50 percent in 2011.

Most agencies submitted final plans last month for consolidating the government's massive inventory of data centers.

GAO’s ruling is evidence that it won’t second-guess agency officials' decisions to waive organizational conflicts of interest.

Pentagon officials have created five teams to lead the effort to improve efficiency across the Defense Department, according to the Army's acquisition executive.

The Pentagon has commissioned five teams of defense officials and experts to take on different aspects of realizing plans to cut the Defense Department budget by $100 million in the next five years, according to the Malcolm O'Neill, the Army’s top acquisition official.

The National Capitol Planning Commission (NCPC) voted 8 to 3 on Thursday to approve an Army transportation plan for a new Pentagon administrative complex in Alexandria for more than 6,400 civilian and military employees.

Inspector general faults former Mayor Ray Nagin for outsourcing technology that increased the costs of recovery after Hurricane Katrina.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Government Accountability Office once again top the list of Best Places to Work in the federal government, according to a new report that will be released Wednesday.

Congress demands a good reason for awarding a contract worth $20 million or more without hosting a competition for the work.

Employees traveling on federal business to many popular destinations will get smaller reimbursements for hotel expenses beginning Oct. 1.

Regulatory changes offer modest benefits for both small businesses and large companies.

Small businesses won a record $96.8 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal 2009, according to the Small Business Administration, but the total still falls short of the statutory 23 percent target.

The government needs to do more to protect administrative law judges and other staff who handle hundreds of thousands of Social Security disability appeals and immigration cases each year, union representatives said at a news conference Monday.

Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.

When NASA scientists were stymied last year trying to devise a formula for predicting solar flares, they took an unusual approach: They posted their problem online and offered a prize to anyone who could solve it.

It appears that the Obama administration trusts the nation's governors to keep a secret.

The government awarded more money to small businesses in fiscal 2009 than the year before, with the help of Recovery Act money.