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Top Ten Items on the Health Reform 2010 “To-Do List”

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - 14:33
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Jack Meyer
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 14:03
Government will be challenged over the next few months to get several provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the new health reform law, into operation.
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JKamensky

Great overview of the administrative challenges facing agencies in implementing this new law. Just FYI, here's a link to another blog, outlining the ten top benefits of the new law for citizens: http://www.mastersinhealthcare.net/blog/2010/10-facts-about-health-care-...

05/13/2010 - 10:09
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But will it work?

Monday, March 29th, 2010 - 18:52
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Jonathan D. Breul
The Congress has passed and the President has signed the new health care reform legislation.  But, will it work?
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Key National Indicators Are Now Real

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 - 17:09
Almost three years ago, I blogged on the need for a Key National Indicator System so we, as a nation, could track our progress using data, not diatribe.  It’s happened.  A provision buried on page 1,489 of the health insurance reform bill makes it real!
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Doing What Works

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 - 23:16
The Obama Administration’s favorite think tank, the Center for American Progress (CAP), has launched a new project, “Doing What Works.” Led by Reece Rushing and Jitinder Kohli, it has three objectives: Eliminating or redesigning misguided spending programs and tax expenditures focused o priority areas such as health care, energy, and education;
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Leaders Speak - A Conversation on Human Service Delivery in New York City

Friday, February 5th, 2010 - 23:35
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Michael J. Keegan
We are introducing a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour -- Leaders Speak --     focusing on human service delivery: the challenges being faced and innovations being forged in our local communities.
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Great program...really educational...I live in NYC and found the link to your show on the City gov website...I wish you broadcast in nyc...too bad, but thank goodness for the web...tx simpson l. greene, bronx

06/25/2010 - 02:04
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Redefining the Role of Citizen in a Gov 2.0 World

Friday, February 5th, 2010 - 0:15
What does it mean to be a citizen in a Gov 2.0 world?  President Obama’s FY 2011 budget is being dissected for its shift in the size and scope of government.  But several initiatives in the budget, and things happening at the state and local levels, point to subtle -- but significant --shifts in the role of citizens in their government.
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Norman M. Macdonald

Right On!
From here in Cottonwood, AZ I see and hear about getting information from the Feds in various ways. The Forest Service is running articles in local papers about planning meetings -- the VA has an outpatient clinic. I see reinventing labs from the Gore days thriving and morphing to fit various changes. As a former member of The National Performance Review and an old Washington working hand I'd say the time is right for Citizen 2.0.

02/05/2010 - 04:56
John Kamensky

Hi Norm! I think the role of citizens is going to be a lot more than attending planning meetings! Voting, participating in political campaigns, and attending public hearings in hopes of influencing policy decisions will continue, but the newer roles will be far more engaging. Most of these changes will probably begin at the local, rather than the federal, levels -- which is closer to where citizens interact with government

This will include reporting on problems they see (like potholes), allowing citizens access to data so it can be "mashed up" to provide new insight or services (like personalized iPhone maps), providing ideas and innovations (via contests), and helping deliver public services, possibly through non-profits (in person or on-line).

The question is, will citizens participate? Do they really want a new role, or do they want to continue in the role of "customer" where they put a nickel (taxes) into the "vending machine" and out pops a service?

02/05/2010 - 16:09
Norman M. Macdonald

Why not just call the whole effort Citizen 2.0.

02/08/2010 - 01:35
John Kamensky

Well, the term "Citizen 2.0" has already been coined, and it is being used largely to describe engaging people in the political process more actively.
See, for example:
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/ayc/pdf/aa_insights_cit2.pdf

I'm hoping to expand the notion that citizens do more than vote, attend public hearings, and pay taxes. They can be far more engaged, especially electronically. The challenge is getting people to see that they have expanded opportunities to engage, and for busy people to see benefit in their contributing their time and effort.

02/08/2010 - 02:05
Norman M. Macdonald

It could be called "The Last Line " after the last line of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
"government,of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth"

02/09/2010 - 01:59
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02/20/2010 - 02:34
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Veterans Affairs: "Transformation 21" and Beyond

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 23:55
The Department of Veterans Affairs, like HUD, is undertaking significant transformation efforts with congressional support.  Its initial “Transformation 21” plan was framed around its fiscal year 2010 budget.  Subsequently, more is on the way, but it has not yet been fully released.
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Model 4: Performance Governance

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 - 17:53
(a continuation from the December 23, 2009  blog on “Managing Performance”)
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The Business of Government Magazine - The NEW Fall/Winter 2009 Edition

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 - 8:46
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Michael J. Keegan
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Health Care Reform Implementation (Part 2)

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 - 22:38
A series of presentations at the annual conference  of the National Academy of Public Administration focused on the complicated management challenges all levels of government will be facing upon the passage of any health care reform legislation.  As one participant noted: “There’s too much of a view that programs are self-executing and you just need more inspectors general and audits. . . that happened with the Recovery Act.”  The consensus seemed to be that this assumption clearly won't work for health care reform!
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