Tech

New federal CTO lays out his strategy

Management

Experts sound off on ways to improve government management

Improving agency performance in the federal government is a difficult, long-term process, but it can be done, according to a panel of experts who gathered Friday to discuss President Bush’s management agenda.

Pay & Benefits

Not-so-special pay

Federal IT workers learned this month that special salary rates become less and less special each year.

Defense

U.S. troops to help safeguard Olympics

Defense

Customs chief proposes security plan to protect cargo ships

Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner is proposing a new security plan to protect global trade from sabotage by terrorists. Since 90 percent of commercial cargo travels by ship, ensuring the integrity of shipping containers is critical to international security.

Defense

CEOs to volunteer with new transportation security agency

The Transportation Department has found a new way for private sector officials to give something back to their country: by volunteering with the Transportation Security Administration.

Defense

The personnel problem

Reforming the antiquated system for managing people is possibly the single most important challenge facing the military today.