Perspectives

Learning Curve

Failures in government can teach us how to succeed.

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.

News

2010 Pay Raise

News

Inventing The Scales

News

Industry v. Position

News

Technical Difficulties

News

Gorgeous

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

Competing for IT Skills

Government needs to fill information technology jobs as the downturn lifts.

News

What's In A Name?