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Keys to Successful Performance Measurement
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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For many years, leaders have waited for real-time, easy-to-use performance data. Thanks to technology, that time has come. Now, the question is, What do we do with it? Performance...
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Climate Change and Cultural Preservation at the National Zoo
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
In agencies and institutions that are largely federally funded, climate change initiatives are no longer just afeel goodeffort. Under President Obamas Executive Order 13514: Federal...
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CCS: A Necessary Element in Future Energy Production
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
To some, the concept of Clean Coal Technology is an oxymoron. To others, it is recognition that technology is able to meet virtually any aspiration that people envision as a way to improve...
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Greener Transport Mitigates Climate Change
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The emission of greenhouse gasses is considered by most scientists to be a major cause of observed climate change. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 28 percent of...
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Global Lessons on Development Planning and Climate Hazards Reduction
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Climate change is a global reality. Shrinking glaciers and changing seasonal weather conditions point to developing differences in the norms of the 21st century and of the immediately...
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Impact of Climate Change on Public Health
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Climate change is increasing the occurrences and severity of hurricanes, droughts, floods, extreme heat, and so forthall of which have an impact on the health of populations. Just consider...
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State and Local Governments Prepare for Climate Change
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The year 2010 was challenging for Planet Earth. While the East Coast sweltered in record-setting high heat and humidity, the U.S. Congress abandoned its attempt to pass global warming...
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Expanded Visions for Todays Growing Governance Challenges
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Nonprofit Organizations Howard R. Balanoff and Warren Master, editors (Management concepts, 2010) The two important virtues...
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2010 Best Places to Work
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Who cares if your agency is a Best Place to Work? You should. In September 2010, the Partnership for Public Service (PPS) and American Universitys Institute for the Study of Public Policy...
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Local Government Cutback Budgeting
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Since the 2008 financial meltdown, local governments continue to scramble to develop sustainable budgets. Local government cutback budgeting refers to reducing operations below the current...
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Attracting Strange Bedfellows: Climate Users Reshape the Conversation
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
No one knows who first said perception is reality, but the phrase has become a defining worldview. It transcends political lines and shapes public policy through public outcry (or lack...
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Municipal-Level Surveys and Recycling in Kentucky
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Two Kentucky studies demonstrate that surveys can function as vehicles for bringing about change by simply engaging the attention of respondents. We typically think of surveys as tools to...
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From Back Room to Board Room: Federal CFO Role in Managing the Cost of Government
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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The landmark CFO Act of 1990 chartered a course for leaders to create high-performing, financial management practices. Challenges lie ahead as the CFO Act comes of age and moves to the next...
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Revisiting the Work-Life Balancing Act
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Federal leaders provide techniques and tips to maintain work-life balance. Do you feel your life is balanced? Like most everyone, we find striving for balance between work and home a daily...
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Moving Telework from Compliance to Competitiveness
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 offers a flexible work environment that maximizes the strategic benefits of a fully integrated telework program. Before the ink was even dry on the...
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Cost-Cutting Is Grimaldi One Mans Meat
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
E.B. White authored One Mans Meat, a book espousing the virtues of country living. The current frenzy over cutting government spending has a taste of the idiomatic extension of this thought...
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