• What the Federal Budget Doesn’t Tell Us
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   February 22, 2012
• As usual, the White House’s spending plan is getting all the attention. What we should be looking at is how we spend across the public sector.
• 1 Comments

• ‘How Will You Lead?’
• BY: Philip Joyce   |   February 15, 2012
• It’s a question that’s rarely asked of candidates for public office. It ought to be asked all the time.
• 1 Comments

• Logic Models and the Quest for Results
• BY: Russ Linden   |   February 8, 2012
• They can help governments achieve the outcomes they want. But they have their downsides.
• 2 Comments

• The Cost-Benefit Imperative
• BY: Susan K. Urahn   |   February 1, 2012
• A group of states is adapting a successful model to target scarce funds for the greatest return on investment.
• 2 Comments

• A Decade of Living Dangerously
• BY: Robert J. O'Neill Jr.   |   January 25, 2012
• The fiscal challenges facing local governments won't go away soon. Here's why that's a good thing.
• 1 Comments

• The Public Sector, Disrupted
• BY: William D. Eggers,Ruben Gonzalez   |   January 18, 2012
• Government needs the kind of innovation that allows us to really get more for less.
• 7 Comments

• Technology and the Productivity Promise
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   January 11, 2012
• IT is the most important tool for improving government output. Budget directors need to be ready to answer some important questions.

• The Perils of Evidence-Based Government
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   January 4, 2012
• It’s a powerful tool, but sometimes it might really be better to reinvent the wheel.
• 8 Comments

• Regaining the Public’s Trust
• BY: G. Edward DeSeve   |   December 21, 2011
• It’s easy to get lost in the techniques of public management. But for people to have confidence in government, we need to get back to the basics.
• 6 Comments

• Eating 4 Education
• BY: Jim Chrisinger   |   December 14, 2011
• A Virginia city found a way to make a tax increase for its schools easy to swallow.
• 1 Comments

• Moneyball Government
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   December 7, 2011
• The way evidence-based analysis—rather than what ‘passes for wisdom’—turned a losing baseball team into a winner has powerful lessons for government decision-making.
• 2 Comments

• Should Washington Budget Like the States?
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   November 30, 2011
• Balanced-budget mandates and biennial budgeting are popular ideas for fixing the federal budgeting process. But what works in state capitols isn’t the right approach for Capitol Hill.
• 1 Comments

• The Hidden Cost of Human-Capital ‘Savings’
• BY: Philip Joyce   |   November 16, 2011
• When governments must reduce their workforces, they need to find ways to minimize the damage to long-term performance.
• 3 Comments

• ‘Hire for Attitude, Train for Skills’
• BY: Russ Linden   |   November 9, 2011
• The way a successful airline finds employees who fit in with its distinctive culture holds lessons for the public sector.
• 3 Comments

• Leading in Distrustful Times
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   November 2, 2011
• At a time when government is held in low esteem, public service needs people with the qualities that Canada's Reg Alcock had in abundance.
• 1 Comments

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