Government Executive : Vol. 41 No. 11 (9/1/09)

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.
  By Eliza Newlin Carney
• Wanted: More Troops
  The demand for soldiers in Afghanistan is rising faster than the supply is falling in Iraq.
  By Katherine McIntire Peters
• Forecast: Mostly Cloudy
  Government technologists want to deploy cloud computing, but agencies must learn to let go.
  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

NEWS+ANALYSIS

• Out From Under
  With a spike in disability benefit claims, SSA is trying to keep its head above water. By Elizabeth Newell
• Transparently Impossible
  The alliance between the open government community and the Recovery Board is showing signs of stress. By Robert Brodsky

ADVICE+DISSENT

• Managing Technology

  No Looking Back
  Agencies must upgrade Internet services by 2012. By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

• Management Matters

  Travel Warning
  Managers and employees could end up footing hefty bills for work-related trips. By Brian Friel

• Intelligence File

  Paper Chief?
  DNI Dennis Blair has been challenged by his workforce. By Shane Harris

• Viewpoint

  Wargaming Without the War
  Crisis planners from all walks of leadership have much to learn from the military's ancient art. By Mark Herman

• Viewpoint

  Turn Styles
  Which leadership techniques work and which don't in the quest to change government. By Dave Mader, Jeff Myers and Steven Kelman

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor's Notebook
  The West and the rise of modern government. By Tom Shoop
• Briefing
  Threat-level makoever, smoking soldiers, stimulus for schools and more.
• Perspectives
  Failures in government can teach us how to succeed. By Timothy B. Clarke

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