Jonathan D. Breul

Recent Articles

• Four Strategies Transforming State Government
• Apr 21, 2010
• President Barack Obama came to office promising he will "redesign" the federal government and how it interacts with citizens by moving to a "21st century...

• Making Mergers Work in Government
• Feb 9, 2010
• One of the first official acts Bob McDonnell took last month as the newly inaugurated governor of Virginia was to create a Commission on Government...

• Making 311 Work
• Jan 24, 2010
• Baltimore mayor Shelia Dixon announced she will resign in February after being convicted of misuse of gift cards donated to her office. Interestingly, many citizens...

• Risk: When Things Go Wrong
• Dec 20, 2009
• Failure happens. Risk is omnipresent. The traditional approach to risk has been to minimize losses and make sure you have enough insurance coverage. But now...

• Shared Services: Less Costly than "Free" Services
• Dec 6, 2009
• Would you be willing to pay for your administrative services if you are already receiving them for "free?" But what if, by making a shift...

• Collaboration: First Step or Last Resort?
• Nov 23, 2009
• Collaboration, governing-by-network, public-private partnerships, shared authority--whatever you call it, it's a hot topic in government circles. Renowned public administration expert Donald Kettl in his book "...

• What Keeps You Awake at Night:
• Nov 9, 2009
• David Letterman is not the only one with a Top Ten list! We've put one together as well, based on what we've heard from a...

• Making Sense From Information Overload
• Oct 27, 2009
• A major complaint in many government agencies is information overload. How do you make sense out of all the data coming in, and then use...

• Integrating Service Delivery: Lessons from Other Countries
• Sep 29, 2009
• Government reformers for years have been talking about creating citizen-centric services, organized around citizen needs, not around the convenience of bureaucrats. For years, it has...

• Four Strategies for Transforming State Government
• Sep 16, 2009
• As Obama seeks to bring transparency to the federal government, he has plenty of examples to draw from in the states.
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