Government Executive : Vol. 43 No. 9 (8/1/11)

FEATURES

• Bureaucratic Oath
  Amid an ongoing political battle, HHS officials are managing to implement the massive health care law.
  By Charles S. Clark
• Justice Delayed
  How a battle over the independence of administrative law judges is tying HUD in knots.
  By Dawn Lim

TRENDS

• Boomerang Effect
  The push to bring jobs in-house is shifting in political winds. By Charles S. Clark
• Measuring Up
  Performance starts with employee engagement. By Emily Long
• Breaking Through
  Women have come a long way in the top ranks, but the SES still is mostly male. By Kellie Lunney

ANALYSIS

• Managing Technology

  Chief Changes
  Vivek Kundra led bold tech reforms, but his legacy is more about management than machines. By Joseph Marks

• Management Matters

  Summer Slowdown
  Vacation time and understaffed offices can make August a tricky month. By Elizabeth Newell

• Viewpoint

  Making It Plain
  Agencies could take their cue from the IRS' project to clean up legalese in taxpayer letters. By Gadi Dechter

• Viewpoint

  Eyes on the Prize
  Offering rewards for government innovation is vital to national security. By Chan Harjivan

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor's Notebook
  Success and dysfunction in a time of political crisis. By Tom Shoop
• Briefing
  Tracking gunrunners, dotting all the i's at GPO, and lighthouses for sale.
• Perspectives
  Two early champions for better government, once more into the fray. By Timothy B. Clark

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