A report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government, “Developing Senior Executive Capabilities to Address National Priorities” is intended to spark a discussion of how to create a cadre of experienced career senior executives who can lead major, cross-agency initiatives on national priorities.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2013/06/Wanted-a-New-Cadre-of-SES-Free-Agents
A new report, “Measuring What Matters: Reducing Risk by Rethinking How We Evaluate Cybersecurity, ”from Safegov.org, in coordination with the National Academy of Public Administration, lays out a different approach for federal agencies to reduce risk: the Organization Cyber Risk Management Framework.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2013/04/Safegov-Proposes-New-Model-for-Evaluating-Cybersecurity
The winning candidates from the 2012 elections will face a daunting set of challenges. As difficult as modern campaigns have become, the governance challenges may very well prove to be more vexing. Public service professionals, acting through the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), have long felt a responsibility to provide advice and counsel to incoming administrations.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2012/Winter/Offering-Institutional-Insight-to-Governments-Leaders
A president is elected every four years, but he or she does not run the government alone. Thousands of political appointments must be made to establish the White House's leadership of the executive branch.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2012/Winter/Strong-Executive-Branch-Leadership-Crucial-for-Policy-Implementation
“Improved and Expanded Use Could Save Billions in Annual Procurement Costs,” a report released in September 2012 by the Government Accountability Office(GAO), finds that that selected agencies leveraged only a fraction of their buying power through strategic sourcing and achieved limited savings.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2012/10/Agencies-Fail-to-Take-Advantage-of-Strategic-Sourcing
Many public officials have great ideas, but tend to work in a vacuum, so they don’t know what other cities are doing. The Municipal Budget Crunch, a new release compiled by Roger L. Kemp, Ph.D., offers an inside look at programs working municipalities across the nation.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2012/08/Book-Brief-the-Municipal-Budget-Crunch
The federal government has been gradually adopting shared service
business models for administrative services for nearly 30 years.
Today, the buzz is all about the cloud and its potential to
transform shared services as we know them.
Theres much hype and a tendency to conflate shar...
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2010/07/Shared-Services-and-the-Cloud-Seize-the-Opportunity
In his inaugural address, President Obama laid out a significant
challenge to the managers of the federal government and the public
and private sector partners that support government programs:
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too
big or too small, but whe...
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2010/04/The-Performance-Imperative
Labor costs (salary and benefit costs) for federal civilian
employees often constitute a substantial portion of an agencys
budget, typically exceeding 50 percent of its total budget. Even
for those agencies that have considerable amounts of contract or
grant funding, labor costs are an important par...
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2010/04/Primer-for-Budgeting-Federal-Labor-Costs
"How do I know you're who you say you are?" That's a question many investors are asking their money managers in the wake of the unraveling of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. But it's also a question many employees are asking about their bosses. Misdeeds by leaders at Enron, HealthSouth, Tyco, and WorldCom a few...
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2009/11/Trust-Fall