Briefing
Buyout Or Bust
Several agencies are offering cash incentives to encourage employees to leave, but most might be better off staying put.
Editor's Notebook
Brand New Day
The key to overhauling the image of government may lie within agencies themselves.
Thinking Ahead
An Easy Pill to Swallow
David Hale takes a Silicon Valley approach to ramping up a computer reference guide for drug-related emergencies.
Management Matters - Advice And Comment
The New Boss in Town
Managers must initially establish a climate for change—but not too much or too fast.
Analysis
The Sky’s The Limit
Answers to IT managers’ top five most nagging questions about moving federal operations to the cloud.
Pay & Benefits
Are federal buyout incentives worth taking?
Some agencies are offering cash to encourage employees to leave, but most workers might be better off staying put.
Tech
Memo to feds: Don't use same passwords for work, personal accounts
Hackers snatch the codes for accessing government servers when personnel use the same login information everywhere.
Defense
Military academies see sharp rise in reported sexual assaults
Defense responds with two policy changes.
Oversight
GSA steps up cultivation of elusive agency ‘customers’
Acquisition commissioner seeks to leverage relationships with departments throughout government.
Defense
$30 billion worth of F-15s sold to Saudi Arabia, White House announces
The deal also includes munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistical support.
Oversight
Criminal charges for Gulf spill reportedly readied against BP
Charges would be focused on BP employees, including several Houston-based engineers, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Oversight
Analysis: Too big to succeed
Continued government growth without a transformation plan is a recipe for failure.
Defense
Perry: Obama should have held parade to honor Iraq troops
Texas governor wonders if politics is behind the lack of a celebration.
Oversight
Poll: Obama most admired man in the country
Secretary of State Clinton is most admired woman in survey.
Tech