In Every Issue
Briefing
The last laugh, vacation daze, the e-gov squeeze, NASA’s space travels and rethinking NIH.
Viewpoint
The Best Defense
The deeper meaning of ‘surge’ is to ramp up for any contingency, including civilian disaster response.
Managing Technology
Unplugging Data Centers
The shift to shared facilities is easier said than done, state and industry officials say.
Viewpoint
Out in the Open
Public participation can make a difference in the cleanup of toxic nuclear sites.
Intelligence File
No Talking
While politicians took credit for the death of Osama bin Laden, career employees were told to keep quiet.
Features
Mapping Human Terrain
Intelligence analysts are tracking the potential for poverty, extremism and pandemic disease to predict the next national security crisis.
Features
Letters From the Edge
With revenues in freefall and a complex business mandate, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe sets the path out of fiscal crisis.
Defense
Analysis: Defining down war
Obama is already adept at going to war without saying so, but the team of Panetta and Petraeus is likely to turn this age-old deception into an art form.
Oversight
NASA IG: Commercial partners don't quite copy
The space agency must clarify requirements to developers, handle potential conflicts of interest better and cooperate more with the FAA, watchdog says.
News
Geithner sticking around for time being
Treasury Secretary tries to put to rest rumors that he would step down after a debt ceiling deal.
Pay & Benefits
Officers’ Options
A look at special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
News
From Nextgov: British government's massive website reduction took years of work
U.S. draws inspiration from across the pond as it embarks on a similar Web consolidation initiative .
Defense
Fire near Los Alamos National Lab jumps 25% to 93,000 acres
Hazardous materials are safe, accounted for and protected, a spokesman says, but the nuclear lab will remain closed.
Defense
Bureau charged with securing diplomats in Iraq is not yet up for the task
New challenges for Diplomatic Security will include recovering downed aircraft, clearing IEDs, and defending against rocket and mortar attacks.
News
Mine safety agency offers self-criticism in probe of 2010 disaster
Report says Massey Energy kept two sets of books on hazards at West Virginia site.
Defense