Government Executive March 2003 Vol.35, No.3

How the Army moved everything from shrink-wrapped helicopters to anxious soldiers to the Middle East. Thousands of civilian federal employees are fighting against contractors to keep their jobs. Complacency punctuated by terrorist bombings has characterized the government's effort to secure air travel. In just one year, a small band of Transportation Department officials marshaled a team of contractors to hire 61,000 employees and place them at 429 airports across the country. CDC Director Julie Gerberding is under pressure to bring her agency back from years of neglect to take a lead role in the war against bioterrorism. start departments Wireless technology comes with strings attached-securing sensitive data. Homeland Security grapples with how to buy its vast technological arsenal. Sept. 11 left indelible changes on the meeting planning industry. Awards honor heroes behind the scenes in order to inspire a new generation of service. - start COLUMNS =