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• Capitol Connections
  When companies want contracts, they make friends on the Hill.
  By Kimberly Palmer
• Go, Team, Go!
  Revving up the staff isn't easy, but government managers have an edge, if they'll use it.
  By Julie Sturgeon
• No Running Room
  Squeezed by shrinking revenues and a growing number of competitors, the General Services Administration is trimming its sails to fit a new market.
  By David Perera

NEWS+ANALYSIS

• Lethal Business
  The Marine Corps issues a best practices guide to conducting counterinsurgencies. By Katherine McIntire Peters
• Rethinking TSA
  Transportation security critics turn up the volume on calls for an overhaul. By Beth Dickey
• The Money Trail
  A year after returning from Iraq, a young veteran takes a second look at rebuilding. By Peter Bell
• A Jump-Start for Transport IDs
  Contract bid could rejuvenate stalled plan to issue security credentials at ports and other hubs. By Zack Phillips

ADVICE+DISSENT

• Managing Technology

  Connecting the Border
  The Homeland Security Department is turning to industry for answers with its SBInet contract. By David Perera

• Management Matters

  Birthday Wishes
  At 70, the Federal Register really could use a makeover. By Brian Friel

• Political World

  At Revolution's End
  Interior nominee's career path mirrors the Republican cycle. By Charles Mahtesian

• Viewpoint

  Making a Big Splash
  Trout fishing reels in big bucks for government at all levels. By Craig Springer

• Viewpoint

  Organizational Hypocrisy
  Every agency is two-faced at some point. By Robert Charette

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor's Notebook
  Here's a look at the numbers behind the outsourcing surge.
• Letters
• The Buzz
  Free money, the nominee to head FEMA, new identity smart cards.
• Outlook
  It should come as no surprise that President Bush is having a problem with vacancies in high-level jobs. By Tom Shoop

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