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National Defense June 2006 D'Agostino & Hickey	Career Transitions, Conflicts of Interest Employees by the thousands transition from military and civilian government service to the private sector. These employees and the companies recruiting and employing them must know the ethical rules applying to the different phases of this transition.
National Defense June 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Debate Must Recognize Tough Realities Recent American political debate has been more focused on rhetorical back-and-forth than real treatment of critical issues, like the work our military forces are doing in the global war on terrorism, and what they are telling us about their needs for resources.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra Erwin	Commanders' Wish List Makes for Wishful Thinking Since the early days of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, much of the Pentagon's equipment buys have fulfilled critical battlefield needs. But the Pentagon has failed to deliver in some areas, especially in those involving information technologies.
National Defense June 2006 Stuart B. Nibley	Defense Production Act Speeds Up Wartime Purchases The DPA is laced with provisions and omissions that leave gaps in the traditional relationship between the government and its contractors. Patriotic contractors will embrace the opportunity to assist the federal government. However, in doing so, they also must remain contractually agile and ever vigilant in guarding their legal rights.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Roy Mark	New Net Neutrality Bill Hits Senate Legislation would prohibit broadband providers from charging premium fees to deliver content.
Popular Mechanics June 2006 Brad Reagan	Public Defenders Protecting America's cities, ports, borders and airports requires new technology and new tactics.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Ante & Grow	Meet The Hackers Cybercrooks are stealing billions. An inside look at law enforcement's biggest targets.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Aaron Bernstein	Hiring Illegals: Inside The Deal Ahead Business is getting behind a new system of verification - and steep fines.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Woellert & Kopecki	The Snooping Goes Beyond Phone Calls How the government sidesteps the Privacy Act by purchasing commercial data.
InternetNews May 18, 2006 Roy Mark	No Neutral Ground With Net Neutrality Singer Moby joins the debate over telecoms' efforts to charge content owners based on bandwidth use.
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