Government Executive : Vol. 42 No. 14 (12/1/10)

FEATURES

• Wasteland
  Decades of poor management at the Energy Department threatens public health and national security.
  By Katherine McIntire Peters
• Dividing the Pie
  Contractors may find federal procurement opportunities less filling in 2011.
  By Robert Brodsky

TRENDS

• The Buck Stops Here
  Homeland Security's Kenneth Buck wants to take management to a new level.
• Upping the Ante
  Agencies put more labor issues on the table, but unions see little change By Emily Long

ANALYSIS

• Managing Technology

  Cybersecurity's Moon Shot
  NASA is leading the way with a mandate to manage computer risks in real time. By Aliya Sternstein

• Management Matters

  Balancing Risk
  Contractors shouldn't bear the burden of cost overruns alone. By Elizabeth Newell

• Viewpoint

  It's Time for e-Sputnik
  Lessons from the space race would go a long way in shoring up today's cyber defenses.By Patrick Gorman

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor's Notebook
  Governing in an era of extreme anti-government rhetoric. By Tom Shoop
• Briefing
  Soldiers take up their pens, discounts for feds and making math cool.
• Perspectives
  Deservedly or not, government is the scapegoat for the poor economy. By Timothy B. Clarke

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