• America's Innovative Leaders: Mayor Robert Duffy
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 20, 2010
• Implementing a long-term strategy to address a major problem like crime or illiteracy is a difficult and risky proposition for a mayor.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Government Through the Crisis
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 19, 2010
• Public officials need to strike the right balance between dealing with the daily emergencies and leading structural improvements in how government delivers essential services.
• Categories: Management and HR
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• "Containerization" Takeaways
• Posted By: Gerry DeSeve, Robert Fryer |   May 19, 2010
• A container approach can help deliver sustainable solutions to problems requiring fast, decisive action.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Leading a Culture of Cost Savings
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 11, 2010
• As elected officials contemplate a “new normal” where financial needs and wants will substantially outstrip financial resources for years, it’s worth asking how public executives should organize their administrations to address this systemic challenge.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Making Government Better in Angry Times
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 7, 2010
• To survive these challenging times, leaders must embrace a relentless commitment to better, faster and cheaper government.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Steve Goldsmith to Bring "Better, Faster, Cheaper" Approach to New York City
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 4, 2010
• It has been clear for some time that the innovative, cost-saving approaches highlighted at this site are in high demand among public officials. So it...
• Categories: Management and HR

• The Smartest Cuts - Medicaid's "Best Buys"
• Posted By: Melanie Bella |   May 2, 2010
• With states across the nation facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, Medicaid - the largest item in most state budgets - is especially hard pressed. Many Medicaid...
• Categories: Management and HR
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• Cutting Costs Without Cutting Benefits
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 1, 2010
• The stress on public budgets is real. When public officials say there's nothing left to cut, they really mean it. Truth is, there aren't a...
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• Doing Less with Less
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   April 27, 2010
• An article from today's Wall Street Journal documents the trend in government cutbacks: In Los Angeles this week, the mayor proposed closing most city offices...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Taking Care of the Goose:
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   April 18, 2010
• You've probably seen the scary projections of the latest White House budget that highlight the imbalance between Washington's policy promises and its capacity to pay...
• Categories: Management and HR