• Selling (Out) the Future
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 26, 2010
• In government, when times get tight, public officials turn to the sale of assets—the equivalent of selling the family jewels.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 4 Comments

• Too Many Governments?
• Posted By: William D. Eggers, John O'Leary |   August 25, 2010
• It’s too early to call it a movement, but state and local officials are beginning to ask hard questions about the multiplicity of government agencies.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Breaking the Tyranny of Rules
• Posted By: Robert Knisely |   August 23, 2010
• If we want more responsive government in an age of disintermediation, we need rules and regulations both tagged and accessible by everyone.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• The High Cost of No Risk
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   August 18, 2010
• When public officials seek to totally eliminate risk in the wake of a tragedy, you can be certain they're not thinking about the high cost of no risk.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 6 Comments

• Tips for Serious Cost Cutters
• Posted By: William D. Eggers, John O'Leary |   August 18, 2010
• Learn how to make structural changes that will bend the cost curve of government down.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Goal Erosion: When Goals Don’t Matter
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 17, 2010
• What does it mean for government when political leaders routinely set unrealistic goals that go unrealized? Goals lose their power to guide and inspire.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• How to Make $1,900 a Year for Everyone?
• Posted By: Jerry Mechling |   August 11, 2010
• It's simple: Use IT to implement a cost-effective shared services model.
• Categories: Management and HR

• $800,000 for a City Manager? The pay scandal in the City of Bell
• Posted By: Rick Cole |   August 9, 2010
• The absurd salaries paid to the top brass in Bell, Calif., not only illuminate what happens when self-interest trumps public service, but also goes to the heart of what public service means.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 11 Comments

• Management by Audit
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 4, 2010
• An independent review offers not just oversight, but insight.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 5 Comments

• Wanted: A State and Local Voice
• Posted By: Paul L. Posner |   August 4, 2010
• 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.
• Categories: Management and HR