Special Report: Pulling Together

A look at how federal agencies responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and in Washington, from the October issue of Government Executive .

At the Pentagon, generals and privates, senior executives and laborers, civilians, contractors and military personnel found themselves side by side on a front line none could previously have imagined.
Pulling Together
By Katherine McIntire Peters

Horror, Then A Helping Hand
By Tanya N. Ballard
In New York, federal employees fled for their lives, then pitched in to help.

Retreat and Rebound
On September 11, some civil servants died. Some fled. And some saved lives.

Looking For Lifelines
By Joshua Dean
E-government's first big test produces mixed results.

Where We Go From Here
By Jason Peckenpaugh
The attacks may cause Americans to rethink government's role.