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Article: Maximising sourcing options to deliver results: in an increasingly multisector workforce environment, public managers can infuse results expectations into performance documents to achieve desired outcomes and ensure accountability.
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- The Public Manager
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Citizen demands on federal, state, and local governments require the delivery of premium services at the best cost. These demands cannot be met by government workers alone. The complex challenges facing government today require a much larger workforce--including nonprofit groups, volunteers, and private-sector contractors--with a dynamic mix of skills and capabilities. Together, these groups form the network to deliver public-sector services.
Increasing mission obligations coupled with decreasing budgets require public-sector leaders to optimize resources and improve operations. The next administration's challenge will be to ...