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Resilience Is Local, But Feds Can Help
In strengthening government’s response to COVID-19, nothing matters unless it matters at the community level.
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We Must Address the Crisis in the Merit System
The historic system for hiring and promoting federal employees is failing the nation, and the consequences are profound.
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A Federal Data Failure Is Making It Hard to Talk About COVID
Without a standard, trusted language of COVID data collection, it’s been hard to measure the disease, track its trend, and build effective policy.
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Building Trust in Government One Problem at a Time
Public administration needs a new social contract.
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A Leadership Reality Check
It doesn’t matter how good the plan is to combat the COVID-19 outbreak if leaders don’t lead.
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The Federalism Divide Is Shading Government’s Response to COVID-19
We can’t afford a government where the odds of an effective attack on the novel coronavirus depend on where citizens live.
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A Message for Trump: When Americans Lose Faith in Government, Presidents Pay a Price
The management failures that swirled around the government’s initial response to Katrina seriously damaged President Bush.
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No Matter What Happens In November, a Transition is Coming
Government leaders face enormous uncertainty in the coming months. It’s bound to be a wild ride.
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Behind Medicare for All: The Sleeper Issue No One Is Debating
If Medicare is expanded to cover all Americans, someone will have to do the back-office work the insurance companies now perform.
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The Lesson for Federal Leaders in ‘First Man’
NASA found the right man to be the first man because it understood the moon landing was as much a people problem as an engineering challenge.
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Solving the Right Problem with the Federal Workforce
We’re careening down the road, steering by looking in the rear-view mirror.
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Why ‘Fake News’ Matters to Feds
People are deeply mistrustful of those who develop, publicize, and use information.
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Reorganizing Welfare Programs Is a Very Big Deal
And potentially a very good idea—it’s tough for eligible families to navigate the complex system that sprawls across multiple departments.
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10 Things to Know about the President’s Management Agenda
It is different in virtually every respect from the plans of previous administrations.
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Two Words People Should Hear More Often From the Government: I'm Sorry
Here are five reasons why governments should say that more often.
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The Big Deal About Big Data
Ten reasons why big data is more than just the next step in the ongoing evolution in government performance.
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You Can’t Fire Your Way to Success
If we’re going to improve the way the federal government works, we need to give managers flexibility to hire the people they need.
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Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Tax Cut’ Holds Some Big Unknowns for Government
The political fallout could be significant.
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