Overtime has been a hobgoblin for budgeters in cities and states for years. We didn’t think there could be a better time to take a long hard look at this issue.
Reflecting on acquisition reform in the 1990s as well as the work of the Section 800 panel, bring backs memories of a different era in government, and how those memories can inform current and future actions.
“Many of the most important problems we face simply do not match the institutions we have created to govern them,” said public administration scholar Donald Kettl more than a decade ago.