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Alasdair Roberts

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Good Intentions, Bad Idea

August 15, 2007 Unlike the military institutes, the public service academy concept is flawed from the start. It's not easy to knock H.R. 1671 and S. 960, the House and Senate bills that would establish the U.S. Public Service Academy. The bills have drawn bipartisan support and endorsements from two presidential candidates-Sens. Hillary ...

Lockbox Government

May 1, 2000 letters@govexec.com ast year, the Clinton administration unveiled a proposal to protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds as baby boomers retire in the coming decades. Over the next 15 years, Congress would set aside $3 trillion in general revenues to pay down debt and increase trust fund assets. The ...

REGO Around the World

January 1, 1999 ive years after his National Performance Review began tackling the troubles of the U.S. government, Vice President Al Gore is broadening his aim. On Jan. 14 and 15, Gore will host his first international conference on public service reform. The meeting on "Strategies for 21st Century Government: A Global Forum ...

Command Performance

August 1, 1996 ritain's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) used to be so badly run that it was a national joke. The agency, which handles millions of vehicle registrations and driver's licenses every year, sometimes took months to process applications. Drivers boasted they could go for years without DVLA noticing their renewal ...