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The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
If the 2005 aftermath of Hurricane Katrina did not convince us, then surely the rollout of Medicare Part D the following year provided graphic proof that the implementation of new programs...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In his inaugural speech on December 11, 2007, Kentuckys 61st governor, Steven L. Beshear, challenged all Kentuckians to choose the path of progress. This path will involve new thinking and...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In this new era of responsibility and accountability, the passage of economic stimulus fundingalong with demands for successful government performancepresents contemporary challenges for...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Citizen participation in public planning processes is one of the hallmarks of American democracy. Transparency, intentionality, and inclusiveness are essential to effective planning in the...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Assessments are more important than ever in the current government climate, which emphasizes accountability, transparency, and performance improvement. By providing actionable information...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
For 14 years, national nonprofit organization KaBOOM! has been building playgrounds across the United States in an effort to build communities and get children active and healthy. The...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Recent economic challenges have forced public- and private-sector organizations to execute their strategies with more precision than ever before and to do it with fewer resourcesespecially...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
The recent Nobel Prize gives us hope that managers, employees, and political leaders who work in the United States federal civil service can work together peacefully, productively,...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In our article, Now Is the Time for Collaboration, we urged the new administration to seek honest dialogue and pragmatic solutions to the most important nondefense issues facing our nation:...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
At my college, ballroom dancing was the largest club on campus. But ask as I might, I could never find a single student whod admit even a passing interest in the rumba. Lets cha-cha forward...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Quiet grumbling has surfaced among the inside-the-beltway crowdand not just over healthcare reform. People are asking, Where is Obamas big-bang reform of government? Government reform has...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Obama Administrations technology agenda is game-changing, bringing collaboration, participation, and transparency to government in a big way. As more information makes its way onto the...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Consider the old adage, What goes around, comes around. Often, this refers to political appointees who return to government when their party is elected. The other interpretation is that...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In addition to being the most powerful person in the world, the person elected president of the United States also is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the executive branch of government...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In the Spring 2008 Special Issue of The Public Manager, nearly 20 current and former government executives, academicians, and private and nonprofit sector leaders outlined a management...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In mid-2007, the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) began an effort to contribute to the new administrations management initiatives, which are designed to better implement the...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
Steve Monforto finally caught the ball! After attending Phillies games since he was three years old, he caught the ball on September 15, 2009. He promptly gave the ball to his young...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
There has been a long-standing policy, codified in the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), that functions intimately related to the public interest should only be performed by...
The Public Manager
Friday, October 23, 2009
In Spring 2008, our The Public Manager article reflected on the progress of e-government under the Bush Administration and what it portended for the future of the new administration...
The Public Manager
Thursday, October 22, 2009
It has been more than 15 years since the CompStat management model was first introduced by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), sparking a movement that has profoundly affected...
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