Heather Kerrigan

Recent Articles

• Civil Service Reform: Lessons from Georgia and Indiana
• Jun 13, 2012
• Several states this year are changing how public employees are hired and fired. They may be able to learn a thing or two from states that already have.
• 10 Comments

• Civil Service Reform Comes to Tennessee
• May 8, 2012
• Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation to create a personnel environment more akin to the private sector.
• 7 Comments

• St. Louis County, Missouri Tackles the Age Gap in Government
• Apr 11, 2012
• Two employees created the St. Louis County Government Young Professionals Group to prepare tomorrow's leaders for today -- and with no budget.
• 1 Comments

• Results-Only Work Environment Goes Public Sector
• Mar 30, 2012
• The Results-Only Work Environment, which allows work to be done at nearly anytime and anywhere, has the potential to cut workforce costs and boost morale.
• 3 Comments

• Expanding CHIP to Low-Income State Employees
• Mar 14, 2012
• A provision in the Affordable Care Act is allowing a few states to shift dependent children’s health care into the state-federal program.
• 2 Comments

• Employees Looking Out for Their Benefits
• Feb 15, 2012
• Employee benefit committees figure out what benefits are most important to employees and assist with benefit negotiations.

• Can Public-Sector Job Security Be Quantified?
• Jan 11, 2012
• One study says it can't. What impact does job security have in evaluating public-sector compensation?
• 10 Comments

• Moving Toward Integrated Paid Time Off Programs
• Dec 14, 2011
• PTO programs can be one way to provide employees with adequate leave while cutting down on absenteeism and costs.
• 5 Comments

• Keeping Morale Up When Collective Bargaining Is At Risk
• Nov 9, 2011
• How does the rhetoric and politics around initiatives like Ohio's Issue 2 affect the morale of public employees?
• 14 Comments

• ROWE Rollout Successes and Challenges
• Oct 12, 2011
• Now that Hennepin County, Minn.'s health department is now fully implementing ROWE principles, their manager aiming to be more inclusive and efficient.

• Expert Interviews Instead of Exit Interviews
• Sep 14, 2011
• A Colorado utilities department is conducting written and video exit interviews with current staffers now so their future replacements know who to work with and how to do the job.
• 1 Comments

• Managing Your Future, Your Boss and Your Future Boss
• Aug 10, 2011
• This past July, young public employees and their experienced colleagues congregated to share tips on how to advance their government careers.
• 5 Comments

• Fighting to Save the MPA
• Jul 29, 2011
• Some publicly funded universities may eliminate their Master of Public Administration programs, but schools are getting creative to avoid that.
• 8 Comments

• Utah's Demise of the Four-Day Workweek
• Jul 13, 2011
• The governor's office and the legislature disagreed on how productive fewer days and longer hours were, ultimately bringing back the five-day workweek.
• 4 Comments

• Changing the Way Citizens View Their City
• Jun 30, 2011
• Before Baltimore could help its most at-risk populations, it first had to make them see public services in a positive light.
• 2 Comments