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Senior Fellow

Dr. Ralph Bledsoe

Member Since 1984

Biography

Former Assistant Archivist for Policy and IRM and Assistant Archivist for Management and Administration, National Archives and Records Administration; Director, Ronald Reagan Library; Director, Washington Public Affairs Center, University of Southern California; Special Assistant to the President of the United States, Cabinet Council on Management and Administration; Associate Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Professor and Senior Faculty Member, Federal Executive Institute.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Deputy Archivist Office of Management and Administration National Archives and Records Administration 1994 1996
Director Ronald Reagan Presidential Library National Archives and Records Administration 1991 1994
Director Washington Public Affairs Center University of Southern California 1989 1991
Special Assistant to the President Executive Secretary, Domestic Policy Council and Cabinet Council on Management and Administration White House Office of Policy Development 1982 1988
Associate Director o the President Office of Planning and Evaluation White House Office of Policy Development 1981 1982
Director Emergency Management Institute Federal Emergency Management Agency 1980 1981

Expertise

Primary Sector

Non-profit

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration Change Management Human Capital Information Technology Intergovernmental Military Service Organizational Structure/Design/Development Performance Measurement Strategic Planning
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Academy Studies

Effective Administrative Restructuring: Lessons from the NIH Experience

Sep 01, 2005

By Fall 2003, NIH had become responsible for so many administrative reforms that the agency requested the National Academy of...

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Recommending Performance-Based Federal Pay. A Report by The Human Resources Management Panel

May 01, 2004

The Academy's Human Resources Management Panel (HRM Panel) released a series of reports from 2003 to 2004 on the adoption...

Sponsored By: Independent Review
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Final Report and Recommendations: The 21st Century Federal Manager

Feb 01, 2004

For three years, from 2001-2003, the Academy conducted a study for the Human Resources Management (HRM) Consortium of the challenges...

Sponsored By: Independent Review
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Developing the Leadership Team: An Agency Guide

Dec 01, 2003

This report is the fourth of five reports in the Academy project The 21st Century Federal Manager: A Study of...

Sponsored By: Independent Review
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Leadership for Leaders Senior Executives and Middle Managers

Aug 01, 2003

This report is the third of five reports in the Academy study, The 21st Century Federal Manager: A Study of...

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Broadband Pay Experience in the Public Sector

Aug 01, 2003

The Academy's Human Resources Management Panel (HRM Panel) released a series of reports, from 2003 to 2004, on the adoption...

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