• How Paying a Price Can Cut Your Costs
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   December 6, 2009
• In a market economy, prices communicate information, helping to shift resources to more efficient uses. Government can take advantage of this through a shared services...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Contract Cancelled, but Outsourcing Wasn't the Problem
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 18, 2009
• In my article below, I look at the recent decision by Indiana to cancel a major contract with IBM. The problem wasn't the shift from...
• Categories: Management and HR

• The Hazards of Bold Reform
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 18, 2009
• When Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels took office, he inherited a social services department that had distinguished itself only in bad ways. The state's Family and...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Tackling Our Biggest Problems
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 17, 2009
• William D. Eggers and our own John O'Leary have just come out with a new book looking at how government handles large undertakings. "If We...
• Categories: Management and HR
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• Getting Past the Blame Game
• Posted By: William D. Eggers |   November 17, 2009
• Hurricane Katrina is the reigning poster child for government failure. In the days and weeks that followed, pundits and politicians rushed to fix blame on...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Veterans Day--Better Ideas for Vets
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 11, 2009
• Veterans Day provides an opportunity to consider ways to serve those who have served their country. Two newly announced federal initiatives can produce opportunities for...
• Categories: Management and HR

• What Keeps You Awake at Night:
• Posted By: Jonathan D. Breul |   November 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...
• Categories: Management and HR

• The Lessons of the 2009 Elections
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 5, 2009
• News stories from many national reporters suggest the 2009 elections amount to a statement about the Obama presidency. Maybe, but in mayor and governor races local...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Expensive Elections
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   November 4, 2009
• In Atlanta and Houston, mayoral races failed to produce a candidate with a majority, meaning both cities will have to conduct costly "runoff" elections between...
• Categories: Management and HR
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• Fixing Public Pensions
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   November 1, 2009
• Public employee pensions can be huge budget busters, as a previous article explored. In today's column, Bill Eggers explores ways to dig out from the...
• Categories: Management and HR