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Competing Objectives
The White House's ambitious agenda is running head on into its desire to cut contracting. Something has to give.
11/1/2009
By Robert Brodsky

• Competing Objectives
  The White House's ambitious agenda is running head on into its desire to cut contracting. Something has to give.
  By Robert Brodsky
• Recovery Mode
  Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney and his team had to find an accurate and public way to account for stimulus spending - and quickly.
  By Aliya Sternstein
• Warming Trend
  Carol Waller Pope ushers in a new era in federal labor relations.
  By Alyssa Rosenberg

• Power Hour
  President Obama's energy plans depend on tapping the country's sun-drenched, windswept public lands. By Katherine McIntire Peters
• Fueling Fundraising
  The CFC seeks to motivate young workers to contribute time and money to charitable causes. By Emily Long
• Sounding the Alarm
  Advocates seek better protections for State Department contractors who report violations in contingency zones.By Elizabeth Newell

• Editor's Notebook
  The government's chief performance officer bets on substance over style. By Tom Shoop
• Briefing
  Green scene, double duty, viral video and seeing stars.
• Perspectives
  Are federal executives as good as a new survey suggests? By Timothy B. Clarke

• Managing Technology

  Outbreak
  Agencies lag at telework, but could H1N1 be the catalyst for change? By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

• Management Matters

  The Best and The Brightest
  Should top leaders seek innovation from the front lines? By Brian Friel

• Intelligence File

  Lost Generation
  Young CIA employees learn a lesson about scandal.By Shane Harris

• Viewpoint

  The Right Path
  The military serves as a model for developing senior executive leadership. By Max Stier

• Viewpoint

  Blueprint for Disaster
  When Washington designs policies that can't work, the results are grim. By William D. Eggers and John O'Leary