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Achieving Real Improvement In Federal Policy And Program Outcomes: The Next Frontier

Dr. Kathryn Newcomer
George Washington University
Steve Redburn
National Academy of Public Administration

A new Administration eager to successfully implement its policy goals has the challenge of quickly identifying what is worth retai… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on December 1, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Priorities for the Administration and Congress

By The Government Performance Coalition
The Government Performance Coalition - a group of organizations committed to the improvement of government performance - offers our collective judgment on the key actions the Administration and Members of Congress can take together to make government work more effectively for the American public. Performance must be paramount if governing for excellence is to be attained and replicated. Good policies and sound investments will fall short of th… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on November 18, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Post-Millennial Evidence Wars?

Kathryn Newcomer
Professor and Associate Director
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
George Washington University

Over the last decade social scientists in the U.S and Western Europe have been promoting evidence-based poli… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on October 31, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Toward a 21st Century Government

Alan P. Balutis
Director and Distinguished Fellow
Internet Business Solutions Group

In a recent column in the Washington Post, David Broder bemoaned the fact that neither presidential candidate had identified their priorities nor spelled out what sacrific… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on October 21, 2008 at 3:31pm — No Comments

Web 2.0: Not If, But When and How for Federal Managers

Steve O’Keeffe
Founder, MeriTalk

Whether or not you believe in Web 2.0 as a lasting social evolution is absolutely irrelevant. The reality is that Generation Y is heavily invested in Web 2.0 as a preferred channel for gathering information. With 42 million exp… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on September 24, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Next President: Four Generations and Seven Years from Now

Andrew Krzmarzick
Graduate School, USDA

The 2008 presidential race has been remarkable for many reasons. One of the most intriguing aspects of the contest has been the incredible diversity reflected in the candidates and their running mates. Consider the… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on September 8, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

What’s Next: Management Reform in the New Administration

Paul R. Lawrence
Vice President, Accenture

We now have 16 years of management reform initiatives to reflect upon. During the Bill Clinton years, Vice President Gore led the National Performance Review (NPR). During the George W. Bush years, the Office of Ma… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on September 2, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Five Steps Toward a Transformed Government

Mark A. Abramson

The next administration is likely to seek a higher performing, better executing government. Recent years have seen examples of where government did not execute as well as desired, such as the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, in providin… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on August 25, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Dear Mr. President-Elect: Five Ways to Help Government Improve Performance

Jon Desenberg, Policy Director
The Performance Institute
www.performanceweb.org
Desenberg@performanceweb.org

Mr. President-Elect, I know you have a lot of great ideas for the next four years, but unfortunately many of the Federal government’s best laid plans c… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on August 18, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Pre-election Transition Planning -- Presumptuous or Practical?

Max Stier
Partnership for Public Service president and CEO
Barack Obama’s campaign recently raised eyebrows when it started planning for the presidential transition. Hours after this news broke in late July, Sen. McCain confirmed that his campaign had also begun thinking ab… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on August 11, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

My Idea For the Next Government: Revise This One.

By Tom Temin
Federal News Radio AM 1050
Back during the 2007-08 football season, the columnist Sally Jenkins wrote in defense of then-head coach Joe Gibbs. To fan-critics she wrote, and I paraphrase, go ahead, you try and call plays amidst the chaos of 95,000 people screami… Continue

Added by Federal News Radio on August 4, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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