Philip Joyce

Recent Articles

• Spending Cuts and the Termites in the Basement
• Jul 10, 2013
• The gap between the rhetoric and the reality of sequestration is an opportunity for Washington to follow in the footsteps of state and local governments by rethinking how services are delivered.
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• Managing Through Endless Fiscal Uncertainty
• Apr 17, 2013
• States and localities are emerging from the Great Recession to face a "new normal" of scarcity. How will managers deal with it?

• The Costs of Budget Uncertainty
• Feb 6, 2013
• The routine dysfunction of the federal budget process creates real costs that are felt by all levels of government. Will Washington ever get its act together?
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• Politics, Governing and Ever-Elusive Truth
• Nov 14, 2012
• Even with fact-checking at an all-time high, we're finding it harder and harder to agree on basic facts. How can we ever agree on effective policy?
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• Governing with One Hand Tied Behind Your Back
• Sep 12, 2012
• Budgeting is about flexibility, while political campaigns increasingly seem to be about taking it away.
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• Investing in People in a Post-Scandal World
• Jul 11, 2012
• Government travel is being cut, but not all travel is as wasteful as GSA’s was. Training and development are essential to organizational effectiveness.
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• Lessons from an ‘Over-the-Top’ Scandal
• Apr 25, 2012
• As the storm over the GSA’s lavish Vegas conference grips Washington, public managers at all levels of government have important questions to ask.
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• ‘How Will You Lead?’
• Feb 15, 2012
• It’s a question that’s rarely asked of candidates for public office. It ought to be asked all the time.
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• The Hidden Cost of Human-Capital ‘Savings’
• Nov 16, 2011
• When governments must reduce their workforces, they need to find ways to minimize the damage to long-term performance.
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• The Elusive Goal of ‘Unfair’ Budgeting
• Sep 14, 2011
• We hear a lot about how performance budgeting can help in tough fiscal times. But governments are making little use of it.
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• Lessons of Management and Leadership from the Congressional Budget Office
• May 11, 2011
• Five lessons from the CBO story about establishing and maintaining a mission-centered organization.

• Obama's Performance Measurement Agenda
• Mar 23, 2011
• Will the president's performance measurement efforts be used to balance the budget, or to fund successful programs?
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