• Showing the Way on Tax Incentives
• BY: Susan K. Urahn   |   June 13, 2012
• States generally don’t measure whether the billions of dollars in tax breaks they hand out for economic development are working. But there are some worthwhile efforts under way.

• The Gathering Momentum to Collaborate Across Boundaries
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   June 6, 2012
• Global forces are pushing governments to work together as never before, and especially to take advantage of IT-enabled economies. There is much to be gained.

• What Price Consolidation?
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   May 30, 2012
• Combining government functions seems like a good idea, but it doesn’t always save money and it rarely improves results. There are alternatives worth considering.

• Five Ways Crowdsourcing Can Transform the Public Sphere
• BY: William D. Eggers,Rob Hamill   |   May 23, 2012
• It’s a powerful concept, but governments need to use the right tool for the job at hand.
• 10 Comments

• Making the Mail Snailier
• BY: John Martin   |   May 16, 2012
• The U.S. Postal Service will never have a bright fiscal outlook, but it’s going to be vital to our communities and our economy for a long time to come. Should we just keep cutting, or is it time to rethink the mail from scratch?
• 5 Comments

• Collective Impact and the Modern City
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   May 9, 2012
• Tireless collaboration led to a revamped development process that promises to help revitalize Philadelphia.

• When Is a Federal Mandate Coercion?
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   May 2, 2012
• The Supreme Court’s consideration of the health law highlights the need for a new look at the boundaries of our federal system.
• 1 Comments

• Lessons from an ‘Over-the-Top’ Scandal
• BY: Philip Joyce   |   April 25, 2012
• As the storm over the GSA’s lavish Vegas conference grips Washington, public managers at all levels of government have important questions to ask.
• 1 Comments

• People Just Naturally Resist Change, Right?
• BY: Russ Linden   |   April 18, 2012
• Not so fast. What many people fear about organizational change is loss.
• 1 Comments

• Technology for a 21st-Century Democracy
• BY: Susan K. Urahn   |   April 11, 2012
• The outdated systems we use to register voters are often inaccurate, costly and inefficient. A new collaboration among states promises to go a long way toward bringing these systems into the modern age.

• The Political Ironies of the Health-Reform Case
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   April 4, 2012
• A Supreme Court ruling that strikes down the health-reform mandates would have a profound impact on our federal system — one that ultimately might backfire on the law’s opponents.
• 1 Comments

• IT and the Perils of Hunkering Down
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   March 28, 2012
• Now — not after the November elections — is the time to prepare to leverage technology to improve productivity across government.

• A ‘Picture-Perfect’ Regulatory System
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   March 21, 2012
• We need rules and regulations, but nothing beats voluntary compliance. There are ways to make that happen.

• Intentionally Unreasonable Government
• BY: William D. Eggers,Laura Baker   |   March 14, 2012
• Transforming the way government works means no longer clinging to bygone processes. One way to break out of the mold is with a “disruptive hypothesis.”
• 2 Comments

• What Elected Leaders Can Do
• BY: Jim Chrisinger   |   March 7, 2012
• They can be heroes of government transformation—or they can be barriers to effective change.
• 2 Comments

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