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From Oversight to Insight: Federal Agencies as Learning Leaders in the Information Age

March 30, 2018 Standing Panel News Intergovernmental Systems
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NAPA Fellow and IGS Panel member, Shelley Metzenbaum authored "From Oversight to Insight: Federal Agencies as Learning Leaders in the Information Age" in Intergovernmental Management for the Twenty-First Century, a publication sponsored by the National Academy of Public Administration.

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