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The IBM Center is releasing an update to its 2009 The Operator’s Manual for the New Administration for the use of new executives in the federal government. This updated chapter on people reflects advances based on extensive practical research published by the Center since 2009 on changes, challenges, and opportunities surrounding the workplace, the nature of work, and the workforce charged with performing the activities of government.
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The federal budget process is an exercise in time travel. At
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Ask any senior leader and he or she will tell you that leadership is both a lonely game and a team sport.
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President Bush announced his Management Agenda last year, with a heavy emphasis on creating a more results-oriented government.
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“We are clearly raising the bar,” exclaimed Mark Everson, the newly-named deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was speaking at a performance summit in Washington, DC in early April before a standing room-only audience of federal agency managers responsible for implementing the President’s Management Agenda.
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This book provides five in-depth studies on the "state" of innovation in government today. Jonathan Walters analyzes what he has learned from studying winners of the Ford Foundation/Kennedy School Innovations in Government awards program. Sandford Borins...
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This issue includes articles on "Accountability in Government;" conversations with Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget, Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Rudolph W. Giuliani,...
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August is traditionally a sleepy time in Washington. The President and Congress are gone on vacation. Steps down the halls of most agencies echo hollowly because so many have taken off for the mountains or the beaches. For those remaining, casual dress is standard.
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This issue includes articles on "The New Administration;" executive profiles of Ida L. Castro, Marc Grossman, Deidre A. Lee, John Nolan, Michael T. Smokovich, and Bonnie G. Tischler; and research report abstracts....
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In 1993, the President's Management Council (PMC) was created. The PMC consists primarily of the deputy secretaries of each federal departemnt. The PMC served as the coordinating body for the administration's initiatives in management in government....
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This report identifies several best practices of performance-based contracting for general government services (excluding health and human services). The best practices are used to construct several case studies demonstrating the creative combination...
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This book provides eighteen memos to President George W. Bush about the management challenges facing his administration. Experts in public administration and public management give the President advice on four major management challenges: creating an...
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This report provides various approaches to how government can undertake reorganization initiatives. It identifies four historical driving forces for reorganizations: to make government work better, to save money, to enhance power, and to address pressing...
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