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The Last Shall Be First

The historic trend of information technology applications going first to big governments and only later to the small ones is about to flip.

Given ongoing technology developments, the most efficient scale for technology innovations is small government, writes Jerry Mechling, our colleague at Management Insights. READ MORE.

Management Insights is published here on Governing.com in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. The column is moderated by Stephen Goldsmith, a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School (on leave), and deputy mayor of operations for the City of New York.

Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.
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