Government Executive - Authors - Matt Nelsonhttp://www.govexec.comen-usThu, 11 Apr 2013 17:06:00 -0400Ten Years Later, a Marathon Runnerhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/ten-years-later-marathon-runner/62402/From fat kid to marathoner, a writer shares lessons learned by hitting the road running.Matt Nelson, SHFWireThu, 11 Apr 2013 17:06:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/ten-years-later-marathon-runner/62402/Management - Promising PracticesThe Rock N' Roll Marathon gets underway the morning of March 16 under threatening skies on Constitution Ave in Washington, D.C. The Department of Commerce building is at right. SHFWire photo by Matt Nelson Interactive Graphic: 28 Inauguration Firsts http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/interactive-inauguration-firsts/60760/Find out which president was brave enough to wear trousers for the first time or which president had the guts to recite his 3,000-word address from memory.Matt Nelson, SHFWireFri, 18 Jan 2013 12:12:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/interactive-inauguration-firsts/60760/Management - Promising PracticesWhite House Historical AssociationAdvanced Technology Reveals the Invisible in Centuries-old Manuscripts http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/advanced-technology-exposes-invisible-information-centuries-old-manuscripts/59722/The Library of Congress is using an advanced imaging technique to look for hidden text in old documents, including the Declaration of Independence.Matt Nelson, SHFWireMon, 26 Nov 2012 16:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/advanced-technology-exposes-invisible-information-centuries-old-manuscripts/59722/Management - Promising PracticesSinai Program Manager Mike Toth examines a palimpsest leaf on spectral imaging system.Photo courtesy of R.B. Toth Associates What Do You Get The Guy Who Averts Nuclear War?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/what-do-you-get-guy-who-averts-nuclear-war/58824/New National Archives exhibit displays fun facts and complexities of Cuban Missile Crisis.Matt Nelson, SHFWireThu, 18 Oct 2012 15:49:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/what-do-you-get-guy-who-averts-nuclear-war/58824/Management - Promising PracticesCustomers in a California department store watch President Kennedy’s televised address to the nation, as he informs the American people about the unfolding crisis in Cuba, October 22, 1962 Photograph by Ralph Crane Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images