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Managing in a Fishbowl: Closing Federal Leadership Gaps

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Ellen Van Velsor

A new CCL study offers insight into the leadership development needs of government leaders and offers some on-the job solutions to help enhance the skills of current leaders and create leaders for tomorrow. Do you put your staff at ease or do you push them... More »

Reviewing What Works: Evaluating Programs and Tax Expenditures

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Jitinder Kohli

Center for American Progress has developed a performance review process that helps the government to undertake a systematic review of spending programs and tax expenditures. Candidate Barack Obama promised that if elected president he would go through... More »

Taking Care of Business: The VA Commits to Training

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Richard Garrison

Training initiative engages employees to review fundamentals in every line of operation, rids the agency of contract over-runs and high-risk programs, and improves staff skill levels. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces an increasingl... More »

Examining Open Government at the Education Department

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Rellis

Transparency creates the openness and connection to the people and stakeholders that is necessary for the government to respond to its constituents. On his first day in office, President Obama signed the Memorandum for Transparency and Open Government... More »