Implementing the Recovery Act: The Blog
The Recovery Act is quietly influencing federal-state-local relations.  Not only is the money being used to save jobs as states and localities cut back their budgets, but the ways states and localities are choosing to use and report on the funds are creating different ways for getting “the business of government” done. In an essay for [...]

 Obama Procurement Agenda
In its first year, the Obama contracting and procurement reform agenda has been heavy on executive orders and memos to “rein in” contractors.  These were largely in response to campaign commitments and led to a flurry of activity in agencies. But now the new administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Dan Gordon, has been [...]