Features

Tough Sell

Government’s stodgy image gives industry an edge in the chase for young technology workers.

  • Brittany Ballenstedt
Features

Dark Hour

After nine years of war, the Army is grappling with growing rates of suicide, crime and drug abuse in the ranks.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Features

Watching the Guards

In the wake of war zone scandals, global partners set out to establish a code of conduct for private security firms.

  • Robert Brodsky
Management Matters

Thinking Small

SSA chief Michael Astrue works all the angles to shrink a daunting disability backlog.

  • Elizabeth Newell Jochum
Analysis

Technology by Design

Enterprise architecture shifts IT strategy from the computer room to the boardroom.

  • Jill R. Aitoro
In Every Issue

Briefing

Security theater, jobs in the fight, smart space and welcome wagon.

Editor's Notebook

Job One

Overhauling the federal hiring system becomes a critical imperative.

  • Tom Shoop
Trends

Keeping the Door Open

As the newness wears off, transparency could be losing its shine.

  • Aliya Sternstein
Magazine

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

Perspectives

Collaboration and Control

Government prepares for enemy threats to key networks.

  • Timothy B. Clark
Defense

Military uses drones to counter roadside bombs

Tactic represents a shift in the fight against improvised explosive devices, which are responsible for nearly 60 percent of coalition battle deaths in Afghanistan.

  • Yochi J. Dreazen
Oversight

Obama's signature keeps government in business

President approves stopgap spending bill keeping the government running through Dec. 3.

  • Congress Daily
Pay & Benefits

Life Insurance Lessons

Answers to some key questions about Federal Employees Group Life Insurance.

  • Tammy Flanagan
News

Panel Says No to Postal Rate Hike

  • Tom Shoop
Management

What Don Draper and Gordon Gekko Have to Teach Us

  • Scott Eblin
News

The True Size of the Federal Workforce

  • Tom Shoop
News

Alaska Native Contracting Hits the Front Pages

  • Tom Shoop
Pay & Benefits

Alaskans and Hawaiians get their own locality pay areas

Interim rule gives workers in these two states their own rates.

  • Emily Long
Defense

Senators: DHS isn’t improving management fast enough

Poor oversight and planning for major Homeland Security programs wastes millions and hinders mission.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Oversight

Union blasts scaled-down Defense insourcing plan

AFGE tells the House Budget Committee that insourcing should be expanded, while contracting group calls for a halt to policy.

  • Robert Brodsky
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