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Treating the Invisible Wounds of War
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan forced agencies to rethink how they treat veterans.
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How Agencies Are Turning Scientific Breakthroughs Into Jobs
The Trump administration has an opportunity to build on advances in moving government-funded research to market.
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Why You Should Care About Open Data
The transparency movement is directly benefitting people and the economy.
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Boosting America’s Scientific Brain Power
There’s a broad ecosystem of federal programs to bolster careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Hard-won Lessons From a Government Reform Pioneer
U.S. agencies could learn a lot from their counterparts in New Zealand.
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Digging Out of the Digital Stone Age
Three quarters of the federal information technology budget goes to maintain outdated computer systems.
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Taking a Targeted Approach to Civil Service Reform
There have been dozens of studies, but there hasn’t been a major overhaul since 1978.
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How Trump Could Advance Federal Cybersecurity
The administration doesn’t need to start from scratch.
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When Government Employees Pose a Threat to Security and Safety
Agencies have made significant progress in managing potential threats from within their ranks.
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How Benchmarking Can Help Agencies Improve Performance and Save Money
Publicly comparing similar activities can be a powerful driver for change.
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Growing Government’s ‘Sharing Economy’
Shared services are working, but the challenge is getting more agencies on board.
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Only Long-Term Planning Can Counter Short-Term Thinking
Agency plans tend to be designed around the four-year election cycle, but the most important challenges require a much longer time horizon.
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Your Election Day Primer for the Presidential Transition
It’s time for agencies to put out the welcome mat for a new administration.
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It Shouldn’t Take Feds 6 Years to Approve Major Infrastructure Projects
The Obama administration has made progress in untangling a complicated nest of requirements that spans 18 agencies.
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Why Big Data is a Big Deal for Government Leaders
A new study shows how real-time analysis is informing decision-making.
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Is Performance Budgeting an Unnatural Act?
Why something that seems sensible is so hard to do.
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Can Self-Managed Teams Work in Government?
Some elements of self-organization can be helpful in most entities.
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