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FEATURES

The environmental executive
By Florence Olsen
Edwin Pinero's job is to make the federal government a model environmental citizen

Measuring green
By Mary Mosquera
Agencies turn to service-level agreements and other forms of performance contracting to achieve new energy efficiency and electronics stewardship goals

Nonfiction cyberwar
By Brian Robinson
Military leaders come to grips with cyberwar beyond the pages of science fiction novels

NEWS

And the 2007 Rising Stars are...
The winners were selected because of the work they did and the potential they show for the future.

Circuit
By FCW staff
The holiday buying season; explaining Coburn’s no e-gov vote; it's all relative

Buzz of the Week:
By FCW staff
The convenient truth

COMMENT

McDonough: Ideas too good to sit on
By Frank McDonough
An international conference on government provided ideas for changing the status quo

Sprehe: Being overly simplistic
By J. Timothy Sprehe
Federal enterprise architecture principles treat government as one entity. Who are they kidding?

Editorial: Fixing the schedules
By Christopher J. Dorobek
Like them or not, GSA's schedule contracts have been remarkably successful, accounting for about $36 billion in annual sales.

MANAGEMENT

Brubaker's new focus is research
By Ben Bain
DOT's funding decisions will help shape the future civilian transportation infrastructure

OPM suspends telework for some of its workers
By Richard W. Walker
It was temporarily stopped Oct. 29 during a transition to the agency's modernized retirement system, which will go live in February 2008.

TECHNOLOGY

Networx billing systems tested
By Jennifer McAdams
Testing regimen for ordering/billing systems clears the way for agencies to place orders

PROCUREMENT

Procurement chief chides IGs
By Matthew Weigelt
Paul Denett speaks out against auditors who he says may be overstepping their bounds

POLICY

Lawmakers hit DHS on cyber plans
By Mary Mosquera
Langevin questions viability of a voluntary approach to critical infrastructure security

Navy offers high-level EA view
By Peter Buxbaum
Officials say a federated approach can help officials make better IT decisions

E-Gov Act reauthorization begins
By Jason Miller
Although the law expires next month, lawmakers have only recently begun working on its reauthorization

FLIPSIDE

FlipSide
By FCW staff
FCW Time Machine 2006: Blessed/cursed BlackBerry

Op-ed:

McDonough: How to make the jump to industry
Some tips on how to find a satisfying and financially rewarding job in the private sector.

Acquisition:

Ruling clouds future for buyers
Experts debate the potential impact of a GAO decision on small-business contracting.

Management:

Recruiters make IT connection
DOD and other agencies showcase online chops to attract tech-savvy young people to their ranks.

Should Obama appoint a governmentwide CTO or CIO?

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