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Agency-Level Reorganization Can Work

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Paul R. Lawrence

Since President Obama launched his reorganization initiative, subsequent announcements have focused on cabinet-level reorganizations. Cabinet-level reorganizations garner attention from the press, tend to be controversial in nature, and receive intense scrutiny from... More »

Budget Path: How Feds Can Avert the Fiscal Crisis

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Marc Goldwein

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform proposes a balanced plan of spending cuts, entitlement changes, and tax reforms to avoid the looming federal debt crisis. In the wake of the recent financial meltdown from which we are still recov... More »

Do It Right: Focus on the Power and the Purpose

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R. Scott Fosler

When George Washington became the nations first president, he began with four federal departments and 12 employees. Since then, the federal government has added new organizations, but undertaken only a few successful reorganizations. The main reason for this is that... More »

Envisioning Sustainable Communities

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Jonathon Harrington

Sustainabilitys application in real-world public policy bears a closer look. For decades, the term sustainability has occupied a prominent place in the lexicon of public servants, scientists, and the public. However, there is still much confusion abou... More »

First Bite: Food Safety Gets Collaborative

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James R. Gorny

FDA lays collaborative groundwork to implement fundamental shift on food safety. About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to recent data... More »