Acquisition
Management by scandal
Column: This time, the play does not seem to be proceeding according to script
Digital Government
The Enron effect
Commentary: Contract management should be a prestigious, well-paid profession
People
'Show me the work!'
Commentary: Designing jobs with greater responsibility and autonomy is important
Digital Government
Primer on high performance
Social capital in organizations builds through everyday interactions.
People
Don't give up on the Net
The reduction in Internet excitement is likely to reduce pressures for a transition to e-government.
Acquisition
GAO study shows sector is alive and well
For all the rhetoric, small businesses as a whole have held up well in the federal marketplace
Acquisition
The 70 percent solution
Styles will need to cultivate the ability to look for areas of common interest.
People
Give feds a break
Commentary: When the inaugural glamour fades and governing begins, one decision confronting any new president is how he and his political appointees will relate to the federal government's career workforce
Digital Government
May its bad manners RIP
The New Economy has been notable for its lack of respect.
Acquisition
Eye on performance
Well, as might be expected, the contracting community has stepped out front again. When fiscal 2001 began a few months ago, federal agencies began gathering data on a series of contracting performance measures agreed on for the entire government for each year.
People
TRAC should be derailed
Almost half the members of the House have cosponsored a bill introduced earlier this year, the Truthfulness, Responsibility and Accountability in Contracting Act (TRAC), which is one of the major legislative priorities of the American Federation of Government Employees.
People
The dot-com backlash
Some fascinating comments surfaced recently at a session of the annual Industry Advisory Council meeting, suggesting unhappiness and resistance among potential government customers over how the many dotcoms entering the federal marketplace are approaching government customers.
People
E-government's hidden gem
I recently came across an article in The Industry Standard that suggests a whole area of potential for electronic government that hasn't received the attention it deserves.
Digital Government
A pair of misguided bills
As the 106th Congress winds down, lawmakers are considering bills that, in the name of helping small firms compete in the federal marketplace, could cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year.
Acquisition
The fiction of a 23% decline
The plural of anecdote, social scientists are fond of saying, is data.
Digital Government
DOD, professors and the Net
At a social event in the Silicon Valley last spring, I was talking with a couple and as much to be ornery as anything else decided to share a comment I had read recently in a magazine: ?quot;Well, the Internet's great for buying sweaters, but a revolution? Puhleaze.?quot;
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