In another installment of the Leaders Speak Series, I bring you a sampling of current government leaders and their advice on leadership and public service. What makes an effective leader? Why pursue a career in public service? Our guests offer their extended reflections on such questions.
For a decade, The Business of Government Hour has brought you leading government executives who are changing the way government does business.
How do you assess the effectiveness and impact of mission support functions -- human resources, acquisitions, finance, technology, etc. -- on an agency’s mission?
Government Executive magazine’s cover story, “A Thousand Cuts,” by Joseph Marks, paints a graphic picture of what it is like to be in government today.
The US government recently took a noteworthy step toward strengthening security and privacy, issuing a roadmap for how to make such improvements real and achievable.
The evolution of social media in government has been spurred by four questions, leading to these stages: adoption, imitation, customization, evaluation.
Social media in government has experienced an evolution in the past three years, since the administration's Open Government Directive forced it into the mainstream of every agency's operations.
The National Academy of Public Administration gathers once a year to discuss some of the biggest management challenges facing our country. The speakers are always terrific and insightful. And I always learn something I never knew.
