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Monday, January 4, 2010
Late in December 2009, the Senate increased the federal debt limit to a record $12.4 trillion – boosting chances for the establishment of a bipartisan commission to look for ways to force Congress to make painful spending cuts and tax increases. The...
Monday, January 4, 2010
“The key to motivation turns out to be largely within your control,” write Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer in the January 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review. How? “. . . scrupulously avoid impeding progress.” Amabile and Kramer surveyed more than...
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Increase your understanding of supply chain management and its vital role in preparing for and responding to national emergencies
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Given what we have learned from experience and careful research, the performance management approach the Obama Administration lays out in the Analytic Perspectives section of the FY 2011 budget is very promising and represents a more aggressive, more...
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
As federal agencies become more involved in the Web 2.0 world, they are creating “hubs” for their social media connections. Some provide access to specific media links, such as agency bloggers, others provide links to policy and training.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Following is an index of blog entries between the start, September 1, 2009, and the end of the year, December 31, 2009, organized around some major themes. Web 2.0 and Social Media Launching the BizGov Blog (09-01-09) Blogs as Public Policy Forums...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
(a continuation from the December 23, 2009 blog on “Managing Performance”) The fourth “idealistic” performance model described by Bouckaert and Halligan is the “performance governance” model, which offers a prominent role for citizens. None of the...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
In the corporate world, and throughout the federal government, information is a very valuable asset. Having timely access to this information, and using it to inform strategic decision making, have become critical in today’s competitive, networked, and...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
(a continuation from the December 23, 2009 blog on “Managing Performance”) The third idealized model described by Bouckaert and Halligan is a “comprehensive and integrated performance management framework.” This model seems to be favored by both academi
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
(a continuation from the December 23, 2009 blog on “Managing Performance”) Some organizations or countries operate a series of parallel performance systems, disconnected from each other. Oftentimes this happens when different leaders, at different...