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Budget stress in the wake of the recent recession has been an incentive for many U.S. local officials to explore new cooperative relationships with neighboring jurisdictions. County governments are in a strategic position to develop shared service projects and interlocal agreements for service delivery.
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The federal budget process is an exercise in time travel. At
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Budget stress in the wake of the recent recession has been an incentive for many U.S. local officials to explore new...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) has an expansive
mission, and managing its resources
efficiently and effectively as “One
DHS” is key to successfully meeting
that mission.
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From collecting revenue to disbursing
payments, the mission of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury’s Financial
Management Service (FMS) is as
varied as it is important.
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In this issue of The Business of Government magazine, we survey the intersection where
leadership, complex challenges, and the need for transformation meet. Whether it’s in the
response to the global financial crisis, the national deficit, or the myriad of other pressing
issues facing us, uncertainty seems boundless while constraints on resources are very real.
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DeSeve identifies seven primary lessons from implementation of the Recovery Act.
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When public sector leaders talk about creating greater efficiency in government ("leaner and meaner," and so on) often their approach boils down to reductions in work force.
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Reverse auctions—auctions where an organization posts a buying requirement and interested suppliers drive prices down as they bid against one another to win the auction—are a simple idea whose time has come.
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The current report by Professor Wyld describes the increasing use of reverse auctions by government at all levels across the world.
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Even in a day when there seems to be disagreement about even the simplest of notions, we don’t see anyone arguing with the proposition that government, at all levels, has lots of problems to solve.
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Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, Director, TRICARE Management Activity, Military Health System (MHS), principal advisor, health issues
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Nick Nayak has over 24 years of senior private, public and academic leadership experience. He has been a dynamic figure in the field of federal acquisition – helping to professionalize the federal acquisition workforce; implement methods to obtain acquisition savings; and recruit the next generation of acquisition professionals.
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