Managing Technology

Protecting Our Ports

Data devices that plug into computers make many jobs easier, but they can expose networks to attacks.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT:Intelligence File In the Fast Lane

Google, government and Internet of the future.

Features

Overload

President Obama’s push to modernize the electricity grid will require agencies to get a lot smarter about how they track energy use.

Features

On The Look Out

If government’s job is to protect the people, it must be able to manage risk—before disaster strikes.

Features

Out in the Cold

Now that Sen. Ted Stevens is out of office, Congress could begin dismantling the contracting preferences for Alaska native corporations.

News And Analysis

In the Line of Fire

Another president wants to weed out managers, but agencies still are reeling from earlier cuts.

News And Analysis

Taking Exception

NTEU chief Colleen Kelley says intern program’s special hiring authority has eroded employee rights.

Editor's Notebook

‘To Publish Challenging Ideas’

Celebrating 40 years of service to the people who serve in government.

In Every Issue

Briefing

Govvies around the globe; home, sweet, homeland security; and branching out.

Perspectives

The Movement for Change

Let’s not forget it’s the civil service that makes “change” happen.

News

Mrs. Obama Goes to the Agencies

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News

Pay Gap Debate

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News

Roses for Whistleblowers?

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News

Performance Management in the Budget

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News

From Nextgov.com: E-Verify battle shifts to Senate

Omnibus spending bill would authorize employment verification program through end of fiscal 2009.

News

New oversight committee chairman mounts charm offensive

Rep. Edolphus Towns is working behind the scenes to strike a more bipartisan tone than his predecessor, Rep. Henry Waxman.

News

Private debt collection firms find supporters in Senate

House-passed version of the omnibus spending bill would cut off funds for the program, which is under review at the IRS.

Oversight

Memo questions Los Alamos lab’s control of plutonium

Despite critical deficiencies, Energy gave the contractor that runs the lab a $1.4 million performance award last year.

Oversight

Paper outlines practical steps to improve contracting

Suggestions include giving chief acquisition officers more authority and creating business councils.