Governing in the Next Four Years: The Center for The Business of Government Looks Ahead

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We intend to look at a variety of emerging trends, offer innovative approaches to address challenges today and tomorrow, and update a number of widely read reports from prior election cycles.  We hope to engage in a dialogue with government and industry leaders, and welcome broad and deep discussion going forward.

Best Practices for Leading Sustainability Efforts

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 15:49

 In attempting to tackle this question and assist government executive charged with wrestling with it, we present a new Center report, Best Practices for Leading Sustainability Efforts, by Jonathan M. Estes.

 

In October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514, which outlines leadership efforts the federal government can make to reduce energy consumption and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Federal agencies are required to develop strategies, implement and report on projects, and continuously improve their processes as a model for the country.

Government Reform: Kenya and Malaysia (Part 4)

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 13:08

The World Bank seminars this past Spring continue to have me mulling about the progress of the performance movement internationally, and how surprised I was that several countries seem to be putting foundations for performance in place at two or three times the speed of more developed countries.  Four countries struck me as making notable progress.  I summarized two in a previous post (Colombia and South Africa).  Today I’ll focus on Kenya and Malaysia:

Weekly Round-up - September 14, 2012

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 13:05
  • Using the Internet to Raise Money for Cities.  A few weeks ago, I wrote about "kickstarter for civic projects."  One site that's doing that, Citizinvestor, is off the ground, with five entries from three cities, including four petitions and only one project. Will it gain momentum?
  • Using Data to Earn Money for Entrepreneurs.

Smart Policies for Smartphones: Accessing official data on personal devices

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 13:03

Data is often compared to water: people talk about data purity, data flow, and of course, data leaks.

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