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• BY: Russ Linden   |   December 15, 2010
• A guide to avoiding these five traps, and successfully implementing public initiatives.

• Get Your Ideas Implemented
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   December 1, 2010
• Six steps for those who work close to the front line where innovation, these days, is most needed.
• 2 Comments

• Negotiating Federal Aid Post-Recovery Act
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   November 17, 2010
• It is not a question of whether the federal government will become more demanding and less generous, but when and how.

• The Secret to Successful Change
• BY: William D. Eggers,Chip Heath   |   November 10, 2010
• It involves resolving the political leadership's and the bureaucracy's different appetites for change.
• 8 Comments

• Managing Change Post Election
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   November 3, 2010
• How to avoid the impulsive and shallow commitments that have too often characterized IT investments in the past.

• Using Web 2.0 to Support Collaboration
• BY: Russ Linden   |   October 27, 2010
• Four ways agencies and organizations can use Web 2.0 to foster collaboration.
• 3 Comments

• Government Remains Unpopular
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   October 20, 2010
• Even as the American public demands more, it remains ambivalent about government. The only 'solution' is enlightened leadership.
• 12 Comments

• Poking Holes in Silos
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   October 13, 2010
• Tearing down bureaucracies altogether might be overly ambitious, but poking a few holes may get at the very resources agencies need to succeed.

• Telling the Electorate a Story
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   October 6, 2010
• A smart communicator tells a story that sets the stage for policy decisions.
• 2 Comments

• Targeting Small Governments for Technology Innovation
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   September 29, 2010
• Given ongoing technology developments, the most efficient scale for technology service operations is small government.

• After Sustainability
• BY: Gerry DeSeve,Robert Fryer   |   September 22, 2010
• What happens next after communities have achieved sustainable outcomes, such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions?

• Process-Improvement Programs: Right for Government?
• BY: Jonathan D. Breul,John M. Kamensky   |   September 15, 2010
• Six Sigma, a process-improvement program, may be another management fad, but some of its methods are gaining traction in government.
• 6 Comments

• Aligning Administrative Systems With Agency Mission
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   September 8, 2010
• Do your HR, procurement, budget, accounting and contracting systems say what you mean?

• New Technology Tells Whether Bridges are "Dead or Alive"
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   September 1, 2010
• Evolving bridge sensor technology offers tools to far more accurately assess the structural health of existing bridges.
• 1 Comments

• Overload: Streamlining Governments
• BY: William D. Eggers,John O'Leary   |   August 25, 2010
• Too much government? Maybe. Too many governments? Definitely.
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