This issue includes individual articles  such as Conversations with Leaders, which include Rob Portman, Clay Johnson III, Linda Combs, Paul Denett, Karen Evans, Robert Shea, and Solly Thomas; Profiles in Leadership, which include Admiral Thad W. Allen, Douglas J. Bourgeois, Josefina G. Carbonell, Karen S. Evans, Dr. George M. Gray, Vice Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr., Dr. Stephen L. Jones, R. David Paulison, and R. Allen Pittman; Forum: Collaborative Governance ; Management Articles, "A Model for Increasing Innovation Adoption: Lessons Learned from the IRS e-file Program" and "Lessons from Katrina for Improving the Delivery of Emergency Benefits" (212 Kb); and research report abstracts