Features
Identity Crisis
DHS chief Janet Napolitano treads a fine line between security and privacy in the push to get federal ID programs off the ground.
Features
Wanted: More Troops
The demand for soldiers in Afghanistan is rising faster than the supply is falling in Iraq.
Features
Forecast: Mostly Cloudy
Government technologists want to deploy cloud computing, but agencies must learn to let go.
Pay & Benefits
Obama stands firm on 2 percent civilian pay hike
President says a lower-than-mandated raise is warranted, given a national emergency since Sept. 11 and the faltering economy; Congress could override the plan.
Defense
Feds reach agreement with landowners for Sept. 11 memorial
Construction of Flight 93 Memorial in Western Pennsylvania will begin in November.
Oversight
Many Recovery Act contracts fall into high-risk category
Cost-reimbursement agreements are prevalent, despite OMB’s warning about potential for waste and abuse.
Oversight
Civilian agency contract spending continues to climb
As purchases balloon, the president orders up a procurement overhaul.
News
From Nextgov.com: Administration has yet to make proposed security policy revisions public
Transparency groups want an opportunity to comment before suggestions for preventing over-classification of government information are sent to the president.
Tech