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Standing Panel News Oct 9, 2018

Standing Panel on the Public Service Session with Key PMA Leaders

In the third session of the Academy's series focusing on the PMA and key leaders within the Trump Administration, Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Officer at OMB, provided her insights and took questions.That comp…

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Standing Panel News Aug 30, 2018

Being Inspired by Others

By Jonathan D. Breul, NAPA Fellow I’m always intrigued by how other countries have tackled a management challenge that we’ve been grappling with for years here in the US. For example, the US federal government has …

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Standing Panel News Jun 29, 2018

Call for Abstracts: Bridging the Gap Between Gender Responsive Budgeting and Participatory Budgeting

Introduction Two government budget initiatives that have been implemented in countries around the world since the 1980s are participatory budgeting and gender responsive budgeting. Participatory budgeting focuses on inv…

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Standing Panel News May 30, 2018

The Federal System – A Look Back in Time

In June of 1968 the Policy Committee of the Republican Governors Association accepted a staff report titled “Handbook of Suggested Solutions for Selected Domestic Problems of the United States”. The report was designed t…

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General News May 29, 2018

Building a Shared Map of the Nation’s Infrastructure to Enable Smart Investments

Funding the nation's surface transportation system has been on the Government Accountability Office’s biannual high risk list since 2007. The strains on the transportation system are amplified by shifting demographics, t…

https://napawash.org/news/building-a-shared-map-of-the-nations-infrastructure-to-enable-smart-investments

Standing Panel News May 4, 2018

Helping Managers Understand Attrition and Retention Issues Using Federal Employee Survey Data

At the core of the recent National Academy of Public Administration report titled Strengthening Organizational Health and Performance in Government was the need to create an environment where federal managers are encoura…

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Standing Panel News Apr 10, 2018

Transforming Federal Grants Management: Evolving from Oversight to Insight Generation and Performance Improvement

Introduction Grants are among the most important tools the federal government uses to advance its vast array of objectives in policy fields as diverse as neighborhood, transportation, and water safety; thriving children…

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Standing Panel News Apr 10, 2018

Federal Advocacy Priorities of Associations Representing State and Local Government Officials in Washington, DC

Introduction This article demonstrates the federal policy priorities of the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S…

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Standing Panel News Mar 15, 2018

Tackling AI and Robotics at NAPA

By Dr. Alan R. Shark, Chair, NAPA Standing Panel on Technology Leadership There can be no doubt Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here and that its many applications and intelligence are growing. They are growing because …

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Standing Panel News Mar 14, 2018

Improving Employee Engagement: Reflections of a Former HUD Deputy Secretary

What happens when you tie your Employee Engagement effort to shared mission and goals? Lots. In 2014, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had the lowest ranking on the Best Places to Work rating of any…

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Standing Panel News Mar 8, 2018

Five Recommendations to Improve Veterans Healthcare During the Second Term of the Obama Administration

Introduction The looming epidemic in chronic diseases, accelerated by aging populations and increasing prosperity, is threatening to overwhelm healthcare budgets and economic growth across the globe. Today — half a cent…

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Standing Panel News Mar 8, 2018

Scaling a Fiscal Cliff and Other Contortions

Introduction There is little new under the sun. We can find close presidential races from the time of Thomas Jefferson to Al Gore. The contentiousness often spills over into governance. The divided Congress that we face…

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