Recently added articles from The Public Manager:
The manager's musings.(Political corruption)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Expectation What should Americans expect of public-sector officials? Given the recent wave of greed-driven sleaziness in both our public and private sectors--from Wall Street to governors' offices, city halls, and county commissions--one gets the sense that the ethical ...
New imperatives for public managers: solving public problems demands a more strategic, entrepreneurial, and reflective approach to managing programs and organizations.
Mar 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When people hear the term "public servant," they think of presidents, governors, legislators, cabinet secretaries, agency directors--the political officials featured on news broad casts, on political talk shows, and in newspapers. These officials are an ...
Introduction: promoting greater transparency and measuring performance can help restore America's trust in the public sector.(Forum: Transparency, Performance Management and the Public Trust)(Conference news)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Over the last four decades, the public's trust in government in the United States has fallen dramatically due to an unusual confluence of contributing factors. Scandal after scandal has rocked Washington, DC, and many state capitals; governments have failed miserably in response both to ...
Using the Internet to make state budgets transparent: state legislatures are beginning to make their jurisdictions' "finances ... as clear and intelligible as a merchant's book.".(Forum: Transparency, Performance Management and the Public Trust)
Mar 22, 2009; ... A thing that is transparent, in one sense, is characterized by visibility or accessibility of information, especially concerning business practices. Although he may never have used the term, Thomas Jefferson was very fond of the concept of transparency to achieve accountability: ...
Benchmarking Lessons from the Mercatus Center's Performance Report Scorecard.(Forum: Transforming Bureaucratic Cultures)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The Mercatus Center at George Mason University produces an annual Performance Report Scorecard that evaluates the quality of the annual performance reports produced by the twenty-four federal agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act. The scorecard is primarily a means of ...
The manager's musings.
Dec 22, 2008; ... Streams of Change In his book, The Third Wave, published almost three decades ago, Alvin Toffler suggests we simplify and synthesize our view of how we relate to the future by looking for "those streams of change that ... run together to form even larger, deeper, swifter rivers ...
Introduction: four articles offer different perspectives on one of the most important issues of our time: climate change mitigation.(mitigation of global warming)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Overwhelming evidence demonstrates that our climate is changing, and the change is the result of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This change is our problem, our children's problem, and their children's problem--on down through the generations to come. It concerns all levels of government, ...
A Federal Leader's Guide to Climate Change: in January 2009, a new book will inform President Barack Obama's team on the risks, responsibilities, and solutions associated with this global challenge.(Forum: Climate Change Mitigation)(LMI)
Dec 22, 2008; ... This article describes LMI's creation of a new guide for federal leaders as they assume office in the Obama administration in January 2009. We have created A Federal Leader's Guide to Climate Change to inform those joining the administration, and those charged with carrying out its ...
Local government lessons on emissions inventories: federal managers can learn from local governments and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, which has pioneered processes for greenhouse gas emissions inventories.
Dec 22, 2008; ... More and more local governments, state governments, and corporations now report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Soon, federal agencies will be required to inventory the annual emissions from their buildings, fleets, and other sources. A daunting challenge for any public manager, the ...
Managing incentives for green vehicles: public managers can learn practical lessons by comparing individual state incentive policies to identify best practices.(Forum: Climate Change Mitigation)
Dec 22, 2008; ... With increasing concerns about global warming, energy security, and gas prices, policymakers have encouraged the adoption of more efficient vehicles. These automobiles run the gamut from alternative fuel--such as hydrogen, natural gas, biodiesel, and electric--to the more prevalent (at ...
A new direction in our energy future: the governor of Wisconsin describes comprehensive plans in the Midwest to address energy security and climate change.
Dec 22, 2008; ... Rising prices, increasing dependence on imports, growth in domestic and global energy demand, and mounting concern over how to address climate change while sustaining and enhancing economic growth and job creation pose serious challenges to the Midwest's energy future. The region ...
Managing to green at the Department of Labor: the PMA has helped DOL improve the way it does business by becoming more citizen centered, results oriented, and market based.(President's Management Agenda)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the past eight years, the prized position in the traffic light scoring system that supports the President's Management Agenda (PMA) has been owned by the color green. Since President George W Bush launched his PMA in 2001, this straightforward ...
A tale of two performance management systems: a comparison of the State Department's Senior Foreign Service system and that of the Senior Executive Service reveals the benefits of decentralization.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 1990s ushered in a new era of government in the United States, one that gave employees more autonomy and discretion in performing their duties. In return, however, the government instituted a results-driven management style to hold employees ...
Influencing government networks through the campaign: managing government in a complex environment requires a new strategy to achieve results.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the federal government increasingly turns to the private sector for advanced products and services, agencies and companies are finding it harder to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget. Several factors are contributing to this trend ....
A practical roadmap for transforming the federal workforce: a forum convened just before the election explores federal human capital issues facing the Obama administration.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As Barack Obama begins his historic presidency, it's time to shift away from the drama of the presidential campaign and look at how the forty-fourth president will actually govern. The new administration's success depends not just on the president's ...
Workplace learning to improve IT project management: the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health uses integrated, strategic training to mature its IT management.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Department of Defense and private sector have reaped the benefits of standardizing project management tools and techniques for many years. Improvements in the way projects are estimated, scheduled, monitored, and completed have dramatically improved ...
Transforming culture at the public buildings service: an organization that furnished space and technical expertise to federal agencies evolved into a provider of workplace solutions that help clients become more productive.(General Services Administration. Public Buildings Service)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How does a large organization change its cultural DNA? How could an organization whose purpose was providing space and technical expertise to the federal government become a relationship-based provider of workplace solutions that enable clients to be more ...
Federal IT capital planning and investment control: maximizing IT return on investment requires new approaches to designing and managing assets, determining priorities, setting strategies, and allocating constrained resources.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Capital planning and investment control (CPIC) is a body of practices and procedures for managing the entire set of a government agency's information technology (IT) resources as if it were a financial portfolio. It is a decision-making frame work for ...
Emergency management and the new administration: a wide range of organizational, intergovernmental, and operational EM issues face the incoming president and his team.(Forum: Emergency Management)
Dec 22, 2008; ... President Obama will enter office at a time of problems unprecedented in number, complexity, and concern for the well-being of the nation. Among them is national security, both from international and domestic threats. The nation became fixated on the threat of terrorism after 9/11 and was ...
Obstacles to disaster recovery: a recent emergency management task force report challenges all levels of government to remove barriers to effective community recovery.(Forum: Emergency Management)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Hurricane Katrina was the most costly natural disaster in American history. Some elements of government response were excellent--warnings from the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, for example--but other aspects of public administration failed under the weight of ...