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Coming soon: the Autobahn network
Federal agencies will be able to reserve a fast lane on one of the world’s fastest networks

• Visit the Internet2 Web site.

DOD's high-risk culture
Salespeople who promise leaps in technology are more appealing to DOD's leaders than modest peddlers who offer incremental improvements

• Read GAO's April 2006 report on Defense acquisitions (.pdf).

Buzz of the Week: Doan’s BlackBerry talks

• Take the poll: Have Lurita Doan’s problems become a distraction for GSA?
  

OSC: Doan violated Hatch Act
Doan decries leak of special counsel report and asks to have the findings withdrawn

Feds take 'cyber Pearl Harbor' seriously

Congress watches its own watchdog

Circuit

Editorial: Embracing change
We in the IT community have dealt with change for years, but the pace seems to be quickening

Kelman: It’s all in the requirements

• Read and comment on Steve Kelman's blog, The Lectern.

Wagner: Lead with the mission

NASA juggles a mixed workforce
Contractor-heavy NASA seeks ways to improve workforce management

• Read NAPA's report, "NASA: Balancing a Multisector Workforce to Achieve Healthy Organization" (.pdf).

Sade: Be mentors

Offenders under electronic watch
Authorities expand monitoring of offenders, but other public priorities compete for funds

Technology briefs

• For more technology news, visit FCW's sister publication, GCN.com.
  

Senators unhappy with SBA
Kerry’s committee decries lack of progress on meeting the needs of small businesses

Waxman reforms ride on DOD bill

• Read the House fiscal 2008 DOD Authorization Bill (.pdf).
  

FEMA embarks on IT upgrades
New strategy will enable the agency to use DHS administrative systems

DHS vows to fix information network

• Check out the Government Accountability Office's report, "Homeland Security Information Network Needs to be Better Coordinated with Key State and Local Initiatives" (.pdf).

Health IT backers 'exhausted'

• Note: This story first appeared on GovHealthIT.com as "Flurry of health IT bills expected on Capitol Hill."

FCW@20: The software improvement game

• Read more FCW@20 coverage.
  

Buzz of the Week

• Click here to find out what the word about town was or here to listen to a podcast of the Buzz from the May 28, 2007, issue.

Editorials: Submission guidelines

• Op-ed submission guidelines

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• Have Lurita Doan’s problems become a distraction for GSA?

Letters

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Community.gov

• What's going on in the federal IT community? Check out these photo galleries from recent events around town.

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