Wednesday, June 20, 2012
This edition of The Business of Government magazine provides a glimpse into the many challenges, risks, and opportunities facing today’s government executives. More importantly, it introduces a select group of government leaders who offer their insights,
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
What works when developing a cross-agency collaborative network? A six-year long study of 266 existing collaborative networks of public safety organizations distills valuable lessons for how to design and sustain similar networks in other policy arenas.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of June 11, 2012.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Which risks can be managed using a compliance model vs. which risks need other approaches? Robert Kaplan and Anette Mikes provide a framework in a great Harvard Business Review article.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Improving Government Contracting: Lessons from Bid Protests of Department of Defense Source Selections, by Steven M. Maser, explores how bid protests can be reduced in government contracting.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Today, the IBM Center for The Business of Government released a new report, Improving Government Contracting: Lessons from Bid Protests of Department of Defense Source Selections, by Steven M. Maser, Professor of Public Management
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of June 04, 2012.
Monday, June 4, 2012
While “austerity” is the buzz word in the federal government today, just three years ago the government had launched a massive recovery operation to stem the tide of what looked like a bottomless recession by spending $787 billion as fast as possible.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of Memorial Day, 2012.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Here’s a terrific checklist of questions managers should be able to answer as they undertake a consolidation of infrastructure or management functions. It is buried in a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

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