Paul L. Posner 
Paul L. Posner is a GOVERNING contributor. He is Director of the Public Administration Program at George Mason University and former president of the American Society of Public Administration. He served with the U.S. Government Accountability Office where he was Managing Director for Federal Budget and Intergovernmental Issues for many years. At GAO, he led the agency’s work on the long term federal budget outlook and emerging challenges for public sector finances at federal, state and local governments. Dr. Posner is the author of "The Politics of Unfunded Mandates," published by Georgetown University Press in 1998. He received Ph.D in Political Science from Columbia University,
Recent Articles
- Should Washington Budget Like the States?
- Balanced-budget mandates and biennial budgeting are popular ideas for fixing the federal budgeting process. But what works in state capitols isn’t the right approach for Capitol Hill.
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- The Continuing Conflict over Standards
- Business has had a lot of success setting voluntary standards that prevent regulation from Washington. States are having a harder time finding the cohesion to do the same.
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- Volunteering for Fiscal Sacrifice
- Federal deficit reduction in the trillions is on the way. Rather than being served up for dinner, it would be far better if state and local governments were helping the feds prepare the meal.
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- Can't We All Get Along? Collaboration in Crisis
- When all governments in our federal system suffer from common maladies, joint solutions are preferable.
- State Resistance
- What are the forces behind the contentious current fight to redefine federalism?
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- Negotiating Federal Aid Post-Recovery Act
- It is not a question of whether the federal government will become more demanding and less generous, but when and how.
- Government Remains Unpopular
- Even as the American public demands more, it remains ambivalent about government. The only 'solution' is enlightened leadership.
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- The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
- The public turns to government to solve all manner of private troubles, yet is perennially disenchanted with government.
- Wanted: A State and Local Voice
- One could argue that state and local governments are the proverbial canary in the coal mine, the first to deal with a flood of fiscal sacrifices that eventually wash across the beltway.
- The Missing Commissioners
- State and local government officials should also sit on the president's new deficit reduction commission.
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- The Deficit Inferno
- For governments facing fiscal gaps, these five stages outline an official's journey to acceptance and finally, action.
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- The 5 Stages Before Deficit Reduction
- For governments facing fiscal gaps, these stages outline one's journey to action.
- Braving Twin Deficits
- State and local leaders face a severe challenge in dealing with the short-term recession while at the same time planning for future fiscal burdens.
- State Laboratories and National Policy Reforms
- More often than not, the federal government punishes rather than rewards states for innovative solutions to national problems.
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- The Next Federal Grant System
- The stimulus law's transparency requirements won't shed much light on the achievement of objectives.
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