Love/hate relationship with NMCI
The Navy and Marine Corps have learned many lessons from the massive — and controversial — outsourcing project

Virtual serviers, real threats
Agencies face new security management challenges when they adopt server virtualization

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20 years of marvels and missteps
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Roads to recovery
Military health IT planners consider ways to meet recommendations from the president’s commission on improving care for wounded warriors

Buzz of the Week: Warfare 2.0

Is this the road to GSA's recovery?
Agency officials announce plans to fix sagging assisted acquisition services

AF cyber command takes shape

Young feds bring intell change

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Circuit

Editorial: A time for listening
NASA’s response to employees’ concerns about Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 is proof that, in some ways, the federal government is stuck in a bygone era.

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Wagner: Year-end spending

Welles: Go ahead, show off

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Crisis leaders are a special breed
Harvard researchers develop yardstick to predict decision-making abilities

• Read GAO's report on catastrophic disasters and enhanced leadership (.pdf).
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ATF agents get Web portal access

Security is telework's weakest link

• Find out more with the Telework Exchange's federal CISO study on mobility, telework and data security.

Let software perform guard duty
Think of network access control as the sentry that keeps unsafe computers off your network

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DOD takes steps to cut contract costs
House urges military to reduce spending on services through better oversight

Unions press their case against A-76

GSA beats goal of awarding contracts in 30 days or less

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Appropriations bills in limbo
Administration threatens to veto several bills
because they would exceed spending limits

Grant law renewal uncertain

NIST prepares due diligence standards for cybersecurity

Secrecy by the numbers

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