Government Executive Vol. 37 No.13

FEATURES

• From the Ground Up
  The Air Force confronts a future in which ground-based controllers and unmanned aircraft are ascendant, while the number of new fighter planes is falling.
  By Katherine McIntire Peters
• Revision Time
  Homeland Security officials hope a new organizational blueprint will improve operations.
  By Katherine McIntire Peters and Amelia Gruber
• Survival of What Fits
  Sometimes, the best way to manage change is to resist it.
  By Shane Harris
• Deep Trouble
  Dire assessments of the oceans' decline send the White House, Congress and NOAA fishing for solutions.
  By Beth Dickey

NEWS+ANALYSIS

• London's Lessons
  Reorganizing intelligence agencies and beefing up their budgets might not be enough. By Jason Vest
• Mr. Dots
  The Defense Intelligence Agency's technology chief has something he wants to share. By Shane Harris
• Cheap Rewards
  Some agencies reward quality work by extending contracts, but critics wonder who's minding the store. By Kimberly Palmer

• Leadership Profile

  In the Hole
  Bradley Belt struggles to keep the pension bailout fund afloat. By Alina Tugend

ADVICE+DISSENT

• Tech Insider

  To Card or Token
  Thin sheets of plastic slightly larger than credit cards are changing the way government employees identify themselves. By Daniel Pulliam

• Management Matters

  Crisis Management
  There is a method to the madness. By Brian Friel

• Political World

  BRAC Breakdown
  Only in theory are base closings apolitical. By Charles Mahtesian

• Viewpoint

  Almost Excellent
  The last step to improving services for veterans is the toughest. By Mark Catlett

• Viewpoint

  The New Diplomacy
  Foreign Service employees stretch their skills for an evolving mission. By W. Robert Pearson

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor's Notebook
  Government's constancy is a virtue, but also a handicap in the face of change.
• Letters
• The Buzz
  It's spies vs. spies, clearing clearances and a yen for private mail.
• Outlook
  In seeking to protect government sources-even self-serving ones-reporters perform a public service. By Tom Shoop

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