Lack of Business Prompts GSA To Cut Acquisition Program Staff
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About 250 employees of the General Services Administration are being transferred out of an acquisition program where work has fallen off, officials announced yesterday.
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Commerce One and Manugistics cut staff, as software makers grapple with industry upheaval.
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Greeley - About 800 employees of Swift &amp; Co.&#39;s Greeley meatpacking plant will lose their jobs five days before Christmas. The plant, which employs about 2,200 people, will lay off most of the second shift Dec. 20, a spokesman confirmed Sunday.
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The Defense Department's major weapons programs have suffered cost overruns in the billions of dollars, years-long delays and quality shortfalls because of poor acquisition practices by the department, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office.
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NCOs without insignia due to cost-cutting bungle
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Three federal lawmakers yesterday called on the new administrator of the General Services Administration to halt her plan to replace government auditors in the agency's inspector general's office with private auditors, saying in a letter that the change  could lead to less oversight of contractors.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Stelco Inc.  STEa.TO has lost a contract to supply steel to General Motors  Inc. GM.N, its biggest customer, because the insolvent  Canadian steelmaker failed to strike a deal with its workers,  the union at Stelco said on Monday.
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SBC Communications expects to cut 10,000 or more jobs by the end of next year through layoffs and attrition. That&#39;s about six percent of the San Antonio-based company&#39;s work force.
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From an emergency department with faulty monitors, IV pumps and broken stretchers to an operating room running part time for lack of staff, patient care is increasingly limited and uncertain at Greater Southeast Community Hospital, according to a draft report by District health regulators.
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McGraw-Hill Cos , the publisher and parent of the Standard & Poor's credit rating agency, on Tuesday said it is cutting 600 jobs, resulting in a $43.7 million fourth-quarter restructuring charge.
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At a time when the Army National Guard is falling far short of its recruiting goals nationally, Georgia officials say they are having no such problem.
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Officials said the investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the companyâs employees.
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Congress said it would investigate business practices at nursing homes owned by private investment groups, after staffing at many of the homes was shown to have been cut severely.
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General Electric Co.'s finance company in Japan is scaling back operations, trimming about 15 percent of its work force here ahead of a new cap on borrowing rates that is forcing Japanese lenders to cut costs.
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The job cuts are a part of the company&#39;s efforts to shift its focus to business services and cut costs amid the competitive long-distance telephone services market.
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In response to an increasingly difficult retail environment, Sprint Nextel says about 4,000 employees will be laid off and about one out of every eight retail stores will close.
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After delaying its IPO and losing its CEO, the company reduces staff to navigate short-term challenges.