Editor's Notebook

Defensive Activism

Why President Obama needs a responsive, interactive government.

News And Analysis

Fighting Flu

Military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan brace for a new enemy: the H1N1 virus.

News And Analysis

Critical Alliance

DHS joins forces with industry to protect key networks and resources.

News And Analysis

Deep-Sixing Waste

The Pentagon is a leader in increasing efficiencies through Lean Six Sigma.

News

Danny Werfel Confirmed

News

Getting Them While They're Young

Pay & Benefits

Key players debate how to lower prescription drug costs for feds

Allowing OPM to negotiate a single drug benefit for FEHBP enrollees was among proposals discussed during private meeting on the Hill.

Defense

From Nextgov.com: Homeland Security kicks off final strategy dialogue

Comments and suggestions submitted through a Web portal will be incorporated into a report due to Congress by the end of the year.

News

NASA scientist pleads guilty to directing contracts to wife’s firm

Mark Schoeberl, a senior manager and scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, faces possibility of prison time.

Oversight

VA to continue work on energy efficiency

Health care facilities prove especially challenging for reducing energy consumption.

Defense

Threat from domestic terrorists in sharper focus

Recent arrest of accused al-Qaida operative has heightened government concerns.

Defense

Senators clash over C-17 funding

Administration argues the military does not need more of the cargo planes, but the program employs 30,000 people in 43 states, making cuts politically difficult.

Management

Turn Styles

Which leadership techniques work and which don’t in the quest to change government.

News

Buyouts at the Smithsonian

News

Average FEHBP Premiums to Rise 8.8 Percent

News

OFPP Rumors Afloat

News

Projecting Federal Retirements