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Watchdogs
By John Pulley
Richard Skinner says the role of inspectors general is to investigate, but some IGs have become the target of investigators.

The IPv6 elevator speech
By Matthew Weigelt
FAA's Mark Powell says transition managers must be ready to deliver a short, memorable speech about IPv6.

IPv6: How the rest of the world lives
By David Essex
Federal Computer Week looks at developments in three countries -- Canada, France and Japan -- representing a wide range of IPv6 development and deployment.

IPv6 in Canada
By David Essex
Canada is moving less aggressively toward IPv6 than the United States is, according to experts.

IPv6 in France
By David Essex
Despite high-profile research efforts and government involvement, IPv6 observers say France, although a standout among European countries, lags behind the Asian leaders in actual deployments.

IPv6 in Japan
By David Essex
Japan is regarded as the leader in IPv6 development.

Dial 311
By Heather B. Hayes
311 service is e-government with a different name.

Web extra: How 311 works
By Heather B. Hayes
Who do people call if they have a city tax question? In a growing number of cities, they call a 311 call center.

NEWS

Circuit
By FCW Staff
Davis in his own words.

Buzz of the Week
A budget proposal -- to go, please

COMMENT

Letters
The trouble with NSPS lies with the raters; Contractors can't solve management problems; Smithsonian records readily searchable; What are the benefits of software as a service?; Feds should have nothing to hide

Editorial: Departing opportunities
By Christopher J. Dorobek
Political appointees often leave their posts in the last year of an administration, but in recent months, we have seen many career employees leave — and there are others who are pondering their futures.

Welles: The fed 4-hour work week?
By Judy Welles
A best-selling book by Timothy Ferriss is filled with ideas that could change your view of work.

MANAGEMENT

Stier's vision of good government
By Richard W. Walker
Leader of Partnership for Public Service is at the forefront of many reform efforts.

Some at DOD get big raises
By Florence Olsen
The total payout in raises under NSPS was not higher than it would have been under the older General Schedule of pay grades, but the distribution is different.

A boom in the federal workforce
By Richard W. Walker
Partnership for Public Service and IBM initiate innovative retiree hiring program.

TECHNOLOGY

Make good data great
By John Moore
Flashy it's not, but a well-oiled data architecture project can pay dividends.

PROCUREMENT

Time for a Schedule 70 makeover?
By Matthew Weigelt
New director of GSA's schedules contracts sorts through ideas for updating the program.

Most agencies still wary of SaaS
By Jason Miller
But DOD and GSA see software as a service as a way to reduce development costs.

POLICY

Army CIO talks transformation
By Peter Buxbaum
Organizational strategy would restructure functions to improve warfighter support.

Are White House e-mails gone for good?
By Ben Bain
Major differences between COOP and e-mail archiving systems are center stage.

Lawmakers' concerns halt HR LOB
By Jason Miller
Omnibus bill requires OMB to assess how consolidation initiative will affect workers.

FLIPSIDE

Web extra: Steven Squyres talks about roving on Mars
By Florence Olsen
The mission of the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, was supposed to last 90 days. However, the robots’ endurance — more than 1,442 days at the time of this interview — has surprised everyone.

FlipSide
By Florence Olsen
A few minutes with...Steven Squyres

Management:

Writing the CXO playbook
Seasoned federal executives offer lessons for the next administration’s team of senior leaders.

Technology:

New bailout plans for archivists
Updated DOD records standard gets governmentwide nod as possible solution to a growing problem.

Policy:

Feds take counterterrorism local
New systems now undergoing trial runs could help resolve longstanding policy debates about information sharing.

Should the federal government abandon cost-plus contracting?

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