• The Case for a Total Overhaul
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 28, 2010
• The sobering fiscal reality of our current circumstances are creating an environment more open to a fundamental rethinking of government’s roles and responsibilities.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Clues to a Broke, Broken Program
• Posted By: Feather O'Connor Houstoun |   May 26, 2010
• How to discern clues that a public-sector program is out of money and underperforming.
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• The Key to Public School Turnarounds
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 25, 2010
• How do you fix a dysfunctional school? It starts from the top, with strategies for training and mentoring great leaders, preparing them for...
• Categories: Management and HR

• Cybersecurity: Can States Keep a Secret?
• Posted By: Jonathan D. Breul, John M. Kamensky |   May 24, 2010
• Governments hold enormous amounts of personal, sensitive information from health records to rap sheets, from income taxes paid to welfare benefits received.
• Categories: State ,  Technology

• The Art of Cultural Transformation
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 21, 2010
• Getting the rank and file to think differently and embrace change can be a daunting task.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• 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

• Don’t Go There! – OPM begins “Telework” Pilot
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 18, 2010
• The OPM initiative is a big invitation to get to work -- in your bathrobe, if you want to.
• Categories: Technology

• Budgeting that Really Works
• Posted By: Jim Chrisinger |   May 17, 2010
• While the need for improved budgeting is clear, how these various approaches work is anything but clear.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments