How Should Tax Agencies Engage?

Submitted by on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 12:58

In our first blog of the series, we discussed the future of tax as it relates to tax agencies. In our second, we wrote about the future of tax and the taxpayer. This third blog post discusses simplifying the tax process and reducing risk.

Overseeing Crosscutting Governance Issues: A Conversation with Michelle Sager, Managing Director, Strategic Issues Team, GAO

Submitted by on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 10:44
What is the mission of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Strategic Issues team? What is the goal of GAO’s High-Risk Series? What are the fiscal, management and performance challenges facing today’s government executive? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Michelle Sager, Managing Director GAO's Strategic Issues team.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, January 9, 2023 - 10:39
Author: 
Michael J. Keegan
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Michelle Sager, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Submitted by on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 10:39
Michelle Sager is the Managing Director of GAO's Strategic Issues team. She oversees work on government-wide governance, strategy, performance, and resource issues—including the High Risk program and the annual Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation reports. 

Elizabeth Linos

Submitted by on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 12:17
Dr. Elizabeth Linos is the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management. The majority of her research focuses on how to improve government by focusing on its people and the services they deliver. Specifically, she uses insights from behavioral science and evidence from public management to consider how to recruit, retain, and support the government workforce; how to reduce administrative burdens that low-income households face when they interact with their government; and how to better integrate evidence-based policymaking into government.

Weekly Roundup January 2-6, 2023

Submitted by on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 12:13

How Should Government Regulate AI? We Asked a Robot. Artificial intelligence's potential in the public sector has grown exponentially, as have questions around appropriate guardrails. This article links to an interviewed of the ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI to see what it had to say.

What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

Submitted by on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 12:10

And governments have responded. Public sector leaders from local governments all the way to the White House have celebrated the use of evidence in practice, and many are building the infrastructure to infuse data into day-to-day operations. For those of us who sit at the intersection of research and policy, this has been a noticeable shift. Evidence – rigorous, nuanced, and policy-relevant evidence – is not being produced in ivory towers alone but also in federal agencies, through community-led efforts, and across cities and states.

NEW REPORT: Addressing Complex and Cross-Boundary Challenges in Government

Submitted by on Thu, 01/05/2023 - 14:09

These types of challenges run the gamut from the pandemic to economic dislocation, homelessness, and natural and manmade disasters. These major crises have complex causes, and the resources needed to properly address them often transcend the capacity of any single government agency. Addressing these challenges effectively requires what the National Academy of Public Administration calls “new approaches to public governance and engagement.” Such approaches necessitate collaboration or co-alignment across the efforts of multiple organizations.

Addressing Complex and Cross-Boundary Challenges in Government: The Value of Strategy Mapping

Submitted by on Thu, 01/05/2023 - 09:00

These types of challenges run the gamut from the pandemic to economic dislocation, homelessness, and natural and manmade disasters. These major crises have complex causes, and the resources needed to properly address them often transcend the capacity of any single government agency. Addressing these challenges effectively requires what the National Academy of Public Administration calls “new approaches to public governance and engagement.” Such approaches necessitate collaboration or co-alignment across the efforts of multiple organizations.

Report Co-Authors

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Report Contributors

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