• GAO and the Department of Redundancy
• Posted By: Robert Knisely |   March 14, 2011
• Real increases in both effectiveness and efficiency are waiting to be harvested. This is unlikely to happen, however, if the system isn't driven to do so.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 2 Comments

• iPads Are Coming
• Posted By: |   March 9, 2011
• Tablets are opening large quantities of previously inaccessible time for new activities. Here are four ideas on how to use this time productively.
• Categories: Management and HR ,  Technology

• On, Wisconsin! The War on Collective Bargaining
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   March 8, 2011
• Unless we get past the political food fight, we won t get to the important issues that are at stake.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 9 Comments

• 6 Steps, 6 Tips to Successful Performance Measurement
• Posted By: |   March 2, 2011
• If you want performance management to really take hold in your organization, take visible steps to move your organization toward a performance-based culture.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• Reviewing What Works
• Posted By: |   February 23, 2011
• An approach with specific, concrete steps to assessing the effectiveness of government programs.
• Categories: Management and HR

• The Importance of Budgeting
• Posted By: |   February 9, 2011
• It is a governor's greatest tool in leveraging change and innovation.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Management and HR

• Fair Pay for Public Employees: A Question of Efficiency
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   February 2, 2011
• Designing a compensation system that is both fair and promotes efficiency is a real challenge.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 14 Comments

• Weighing the Evidence
• Posted By: |   February 2, 2011
• In this age of measuring results, has evaluating a program's success become black and white?
• Categories: Management and HR

• How to Save Education
• Posted By: William D. Eggers |   January 26, 2011
• Cost-savings ideas that don't come at the expense of a good education.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• Innovation in West Des Moines
• Posted By: |   January 19, 2011
• How a small town demands value from each tax dollar.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Management and HR