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• From Grey to Green in the Concrete Jungle
• By: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   July 21, 2010
• A plan in Philadelphia to build a greener, more sustainable stormwater system may well blast green infrastructure into the mainstream.

• Team Building: How to Turn an Alligator into an Advocate
• By: Gerry DeSeve, Robert Fryer   |   July 14, 2010
• Five steps to winning over your toughest critic.
• 2 Comments

• 4 Tips to Redesigning Services
• By: Babak Armajani   |   July 7, 2010
• This fiscal crisis demands transformational changes. Here's how to do it.
• 5 Comments

• Crisis and Innovation: Let the Bad Times Roll
• By: John D. Donahue   |   June 30, 2010
• Innovation appears to flourish in agencies under extreme pressure.

• Major Change, Fast Results
• By: Russ Linden   |   June 23, 2010
• Changing the culture of an organization doesn't have to take a decade.
• 5 Comments

• Three IT Challenges for the 2011 Transition
• By: Jerry Mechling   |   June 16, 2010
• Looming political transitions and tough economic times create an unusual window of opportunity for IT-enabled innovations.

• The Deficit Inferno
• By: Paul L. Posner   |   June 9, 2010
• For governments facing fiscal gaps, these five stages outline an official's journey to acceptance and finally, action.
• 1 Comments

• The Danger of Missed Warnings
• By: John O'Leary   |   June 2, 2010
• Working in a high-risk environment, like a space shuttle or an oil rig, it is easy to grow complacent. What can managers do to avoid the complacency trap?

• Broke, Broken or Both
• By: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   May 26, 2010
• How to discern clues that a public-sector program is out of money and underperforming.

• "Containerization" Takeaways
• By: Gerry DeSeve, Robert Fryer   |   May 19, 2010
• A container approach can help deliver sustainable solutions to problems requiring fast, decisive action.
• 1 Comments

• Tactics for Reforming Support Services
• By: Babak Armajani   |   May 12, 2010
• Choice and competition may seem "inefficient" to old-line thinkers. Yet, the evidence suggests that these strategies produce higher service quality at less cost.
• 2 Comments

• A Wallet-Sized Code of Ethics
• By: Bob Stone   |   May 5, 2010
• Putting trust and responsibility in the hands of front-line workers means having a strong ethical grounding.
• 29 Comments

• The Wrong Question About Business and Government
• By: John D. Donahue   |   April 28, 2010
• Don't ask how much the private sector should be involved in government, but how it should be involved.
• 1 Comments

• Building Better Communities by Aligning Interests
• By: Robert J. O'Neill Jr., Robert J. O'Neill Jr.   |   April 21, 2010
• Local government leaders have the tenure and familiarity with a place to create and sustain communities.

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• 4 Tips to Redesigning Services
  
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• Major Change, Fast Results
  
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