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Weekly Roundup: February 19-23, 2024

by Michael J. Keegan
Friday, February 23, 2024
Articles & insights in public management & leadership for the week ending February 23, 2024

Weekly Roundup: February 12-16, 2024

by Michael J. Keegan
Friday, February 16, 2024
Articles & insights in public management & leadership for the week ending February 16, 2024

Learning Agendas Offer Promise to Improve Federal Strategic Planning

by J. Woody Stanley
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Five years after Congress passed the Evidence-based Policymaking Act of 2019, or Evidence Act, decision-makers in federal departments and agencies are better positioned today to use their organization’s annual performance plan and multi-year strategic plan to inform future goal setting and resource allocation decisions.

New Book: Transforming the Business of Government -- Summary and Resources

by Daniel Chenok, Michael J. Keegan
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance

Sixteen Habits of Highly Effective Governments (Part Two)

by Marc Holzer and Prajapati Trivedi
Friday, February 9, 2024
In this blog, we will discuss the next 12 habits of higly effective government.

Building and Maintaining Customer Trust in Government Services

by Michael Windle & Heath Mitchell
Thursday, February 8, 2024
This is an excerpt of Chapter 15 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance.

How Can Budget Actions Improve the Management of Government Programs that Serve the Public?

by Dan Chenok
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
A new report draws on insights from current and former government leaders and experts to develop recommendations for how budget actions can incentivize better operations and outcomes.

A “One Agency” Approach to Enhanced Mission Enabling Services

by Jason Briefel
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
This is an excerpt of Chapter 14 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance

Sixteen Habits of Highly Effective Governments (Part One)

by Marc Holzer and Prajapati Trivedi
Monday, February 5, 2024
Today, government performance is critical to public service delivery and achievement of national development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Weekly Roundup: January 29-February 2, 2024

by Michael J. Keegan
Friday, February 2, 2024
Articles & insights in public management & leadership for the week ending February 2, 2024

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Center Blog Series

The Center maintains several blog series written by our Fellows and those in academia and the nonprofit world.  Our blog series include:

Tax Modernization Series by Peggy Bogadi, Florian Breger, and Sharon Moore

Agile Government, Why Now by Angela Evans

Improving Outcomes in Government through Data and Intelligent Automation by The IBM Center for The Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service

Distance Work in the Time of COVID by John Kamensky

Community Resilience and Reshaping Government during COVID by Donald F. Kettl

Managing Risk in the Public Sector by Dan Chenok and Michael J. Keegan

Business of Government Stories (the people behind the management evolution) by Dan Chenok, John Kamensky, and guest authors

State and Local Government Best Practices by Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Government Performance Management - a video series by Praja Trivedi