Features

Best Bets

Top contracting shops share their secrets.

Editor's Notebook

Celebrating Excellence

Service to America finalists inspire public service.

In Every Issue

Letters

Crying Foul Over Free Speech (July 15), More Than a Slogan (July 15), Downfall (July 1)

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The Buzz

The rating game, searching the stacks and salad days.

Tech

Innovations give candidates new avenues to voters

Candidate profiles are everywhere from online social networks like Facebook and MySpace to online encyclopedias.

Defense

Army future combat program passes technical design review

Completion of review means program officials can focus on technology experimentation and platform and software designs.

Defense

Security officials weigh profiling airline passengers

DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff says detection is "not all about technology.”

Pay & Benefits

CBP continues streamlined process for awarding bonuses

Agency is sticking with its policy until it hears from the Federal Labor Relations Authority on an appeal of an arbitrator’s decision.

Defense

Legislator pushes public-private partnership for bomb detection tech

Machines sampling vapors for traces of explosives could find liquid devices, private sector experts say.

Tech

IRS to beef up monitoring of employee e-mails

Nearly three quarters of mailboxes reviewed contained inappropriate messages.

Oversight

Signs of Turbulence

The losses of incumbents, including Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., in primaries signal volatility ahead in the midterm elections.

News

Border Reality Check

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News

Pay and Benefits: Double Trouble

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News

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Do Discharge

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Tech

DHS official emphasizes importance of interoperable communications

Department also working to make process of awarding grants to states and localities more transparent.

Tech

Tech groups divided over border-crossing cards

Differences hinge on distance from which IDs could be read, flexibility of technology.

News

Bush returns from Crawford, schedules a busy week

Plans include meetings at Defense and State departments, and the National Counterterrorism Center.