Management Matters - Advice And Dissent
The Best and the Brightest
Should top leaders seek innovation from the front lines?
Viewpoint
Blueprint for Disaster
When Washington designs policies that can’t work, the results are grim.
Editor's Notebook
Slogan-Free Zone
The government’s chief performance officer bets on substance over style.
News And Analysis
Power Hour
President Obama’s energy plans depend on tapping the country’s sun-drenched, windswept public lands.
News And Analysis
Fueling Fundraising
The CFC seeks to motivate young workers to contribute time and money to charitable causes.
News And Analysis
Sounding the Alarm
Advocates seek better protections for State Department contractors who report violations in contingency zones.
Features
Competing Objectives
The White House’s ambitious agenda is running head on into its desire to cut contracting. Something has to give.
Features
Recovery Mode
Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney and his team had to find an accurate and public way to account for stimulus spending—and quickly.
Oversight
States report saving 640,000 jobs through Recovery Act
Data from states and local municipalities includes $150 billion in grants, loans and contracts.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Compliance focus is hampering cybersecurity, critics say
OMB urged to update federal security standards to better detect network vulnerabilities and keep up with new threats.
Pay & Benefits
Hidden cost hikes aren’t new to federal benefits programs
Premium jumps in the long-term care insurance program are the latest example of stealthy rate increases.
Defense