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FEATURES

2007 in review
A look back at 2007 in the pages of Federal Computer Week

California's self-improvement project
By John Moore
The California Performance Review has faded from the headlines, but on the front lines, it’s a different story

Want to come home again?
By Richard W. Walker
Once retired, then rehired, some feds return to their former agencies to pass on their program knowledge

NEWS

Circuit
By FCW Staff
Honoring the Rising Stars; Speaking of Young; And some Fed 100 nomination tips

Buzz of the Week: Re-prioritizing security
Resolution continuing; Avoid name dropping; Do we need another chief tomanage?

COMMENT

Kelman: Too many contractors?
By Steve Kelman
The government’s egalitarian pay structure helps explain some outsourcing decisions

Sprehe: Foolish secrecy
By J. Timothy Sprehe
Lag time in releasing 8.5 million World War II records is an example of misguided classification policies

Welles: All work and no play
By Judy Welles
Why don’t information technology employees seek the downtime that the rest of us need?

Editorial: New Year's resolutions
By Christopher J. Dorobek
As 2007 comes to an end, we look ahead to opportunities next year.

MANAGEMENT

Web extra: Hot or not: A matter of authority
By FCW staff
Agencies and lawmakers sought greater authority in key positions in their efforts to improve government performance in 2007

Intell's wiki pied piper
By Florence Olsen
GenXer Chris Rasmussen argues that Web 2.0, like Intellipedia, can help break barriers.

Groups want deference to veterans preference
By Ben Bain
Some veterans groups say that the system designed to bolster former service members' hiring needs to be expanded.

Hot or not: Not a case of business as usual
Some CIOs gained new authorities, but not all gains offset the challenges facing managers.

TECHNOLOGY

Web extra: Hot or not: Endpoint security gets a boost
IT execs tackle security and tech support in 2007, storage not so much

Hot or not: With tech, there's always change
By FCW staff
New technologies kept federal managers from falling into any routine

PROCUREMENT

Hot or not: Acquisition was a hot spot
By FCW Staff
Agencies built a foundation for improving workforce skills and contracting practices

POLICY

Hot or not: Congress failed to make a mark
But policies for better information sharing and e-discovery were positive advances

FLIPSIDE

FlipSide
2007 -- we've got it covered

Editorial:

The candidates' half-baked IT platforms
What is needed in 2009 is a detailed technology plan for innovation in government.

Acquisition:

Making noise for small business
Small-business advocates seek to change the government’s contracting culture from within.

Policy:

Bush put the ‘M’ back in OMB
The Bush administration built on the efforts of previous president's to improve management oversight.

Is employee absenteeism a problem for government?

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