The next President will face a wide range of challenges - economic, political, and social. He will need to be able to lead an effective government that can address these challenges.

The transition from campaign to governing requires that presidential policies be tranformed from rhetoric into an actionable agenda and then into concrete results. Neither good policies nor sound investments are likely to work, let alone succeed, if undermined by poor implementation.

The IBM Center for The Business of Government is committed to helping identifyand bring best practices from research to practice to help address these issues.

Here are practical, insightful sources of information to help the new Administration implement its policy and program objectives.

The Operator's Manual is a guide to how government works and how to make it work to advance policy goals and objectives. Our reports touch on management issues facing the next Administration. Getting it Done focuses on the environment in which newly appointed heads work. We launched our blog in March 2007 on management challenges facing the next president. Read and tell us what you think. Our issue briefs address a range of management-related issues that will face the next Administration.