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Transparency Trap

Opening the book on government operations could cause major headaches for federal managers.

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Mission Fissures

Many federal agencies have long struggled with conflicting aims. Breaking them up isn’t hard to do.

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Political Hot Potato

Career civil servants can’t be expected to make all the hard decisions.

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Where’s the Rigor?

The Gulf oil spill highlights the management issues federal scientists face.

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Learning It Your Way

Formal classroom training isn’t the best route for many federal workers.

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Fixing Reform

Want good government? Get good agencies.

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The One Change That’s Upending the Federal Contracting World

GSA pioneers an objective method of picking winners.

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An Excess of Multiple-Award Contracts Is Creating New Problems for Government

Why agencies should think twice before creating another IDIQ.

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A Federal Holiday Poem

Our annual ode to federal employees.

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Transparency Trap

Opening the book on government operations could cause major headaches for federal managers.

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Political Hot Potato

Career civil servants can’t be expected to make all the hard decisions.

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Learning It Your Way

Formal classroom training isn’t the best route for many federal workers.

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Fixing Reform

Want good government? Get good agencies.

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All Together Now

Collaboration-minded feds discover that getting agencies to work together is easier said than done.

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A Federal Holiday Poem

Our annual ode to federal employees.

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