Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management Meeting

The National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management will convene to discuss where government management reform is headed and who is shaping the agenda. The event will take place Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at the Academy offices (1600 K St NW #400, Washington, DC 20006 – don’t forget to enter on 16th St). There will also be an option to join virtually via Zoom.

The session will feature Dan Chenok, who will share the IBM Center for the Business of Government’s recent report, Five Pillars of Effective Government. The report offers a practical framework for strengthening how government delivers results, organized around five core pillars: partnerships, effectiveness, technology, data, and workforce.

John Kamensky will then share his evolving inventory of management reform efforts underway across the federal enterprise among reform-minded practitioners who are actively trying to chart the next course of government management. He will also share a potential framework for ways to coordinate activities across these disparate reform efforts.

Rounding out the discussion, Mark Bussow of the Joint Economic Committee will offer a Capitol Hill perspective, highlighting parallel efforts underway in Congress to rethink how government organizes for effectiveness, accountability, and long-term performance.

Together, the panel will explore how these ideas intersect, where momentum is building, and what it will take to translate frameworks and inventories into durable management improvements that actually stick.