News And Analysis
Getting Tanked
With a price tag of $160 billion, the Army’s Future Combat Systems might be one tank too many.
Features
Recovering FEMA
R. David Paulison is striving to retool his agency before the next catastrophe strikes.
Features
Turn Yourselves In
Federal officials want contractors to own up to potential violations of federal law.
Features
Stand & Deliver
The fledgling Transportation Security Administration is poised to reshape the civil service.
Managing Technology
Fostering Innovation
How federal IT managers can encourage their employees to think outside the box.
Management Matters - Advice And Dissent
Employer of Choice
New workers have good things to say about federal employment.
Defense
ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Keeping Secrets
What the intelligence estimate on Iran reveals—about Iran and intelligence.
Oversight
Report identifies top 10 management challenges facing next administration
Skyrocketing cost of health care, retirement programs could squeeze out other critical policy priorities, according to think tank.
Defense
Shortage of helicopters hampers troops in Afghanistan, observers say
Some call for more Chinooks to move troops and equipment in mountainous regions.
Oversight
IBM suspended from new federal contracts
With scant details, federal agencies are instructed not to award procurements to the technology giant.
Oversight
Congress pushes to make more information public
Senators want to change practice of slipping language into bills that preclude the release of information to the public under FOIA.
Defense
Final border travel rules receive mixed reaction on Hill
Beginning in June 2009, travelers to the U.S. must present secure identification documents, such as passports.
Defense
Northrop Grumman wants 'facts known' on tanker bid
Defense contractor to run ads, pen op-eds explaining why it won lucrative contract for aerial refueling tankers.
Pay & Benefits
GAO questions progress on retirement claims system
Watchdog agency says OPM report on new self-service benefits system is incomplete.
Oversight
HUD chief quits, cites family reasons
Secretary Alphonso Jackson's resignation takes effect April 18.
Pay & Benefits
Salaries for jobs requiring Top Secret security clearances on the rise, survey says
Government contractors with security clearances on average earned nearly $18,000 more than their federal employee counterparts.
Oversight