Rising Star 2013  Meet the 2013 Rising Stars  Fifteen
individuals who are off to a great start in federal IT.  Steve
Goodrich  Why a transformation commission is good for feds
Legislation before Congress could provide vital support for
agencies that are struggling to save money while serving the
public.  Alan Balutis larger version  5 steps to transforming
executive branch management   Bejamin Knopf and Kris Van Riper
The key to better IT portfolio management  Federal leaders need
to balance their spending on operations and new projects to
support strategic IT priorities and budget plans  open eye and
data  Sharing goes hand-in-hand with safeguarding  The Open Data
Policy promises to make government information more freely
available, which means agencies must incorporate security into
their strategies.  stylized professionals  The likely decline of
the CIO  FITARA's effort to make CIOs political appointees
reflects a rift between lawmakers and those who actually run
government programs, says Bob Woods.  sur