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Standing Panel News Jun 23, 2017

The Importance of Evaluating Program Outcomes: The Case of Federal Credit Programs

Summary from June 23, 2017 EOM Panel Meeting: Background Federal loan and loan guarantee programs have grown to immense proportions, amounting to $ 3.6 trillion in FY2016. That’s well over $10,000 for every man, woman,…

https://napawash.org/news/the-importance-of-evaluating-program-outcomes-the-case-of-federal-credit-pr

Standing Panel News Apr 12, 2017

Everybody Wants an Infrastructure Upgrade: How Can It Happen?

On April 12, 2017 I attended an interesting breakfast discussion on infrastructure policy with the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Executive Editor Gerald F. Seib, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton’s first Chief …

https://napawash.org/news/everybody-wants-an-infrastructure-upgrade-how-can-it-happen

Standing Panel News Mar 17, 2017

Implementing the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act

Summary from March 17, 2017 EOM Panel Meeting Context Legislation passed in December 2016 requires federal agencies to develop greater project and program management capacity. A NAPA Study Panel prepared a report in 20…

https://napawash.org/news/implementing-the-program-management-improvement-accountability-act

Standing Panel News Aug 26, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government

General News Aug 23, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government-6

General News Aug 23, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government-5

General News Aug 23, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government-4

General News Aug 23, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government-3

General News Aug 23, 2016

The Long Road to Strategic Foresight in the Federal Government

Summary Governments around the world are faced with existing and evolving challenges that require thoughtful, flexible and innovative approaches to address them. We must safeguard our Nation’s future and there is a signi…

https://napawash.org/news/the-long-road-to-strategic-foresight-in-the-federal-government-2

Standing Panel News Aug 13, 2016

Broadening and Deepening Ethics Standards and Training for Federal and State Officials

Introduction On the surface, there appears to be a great deal of attention to ethics by government administrators. Ethics laws are fairly universal at all levels of government, and presumably there are orientations and …

https://napawash.org/news/broadening-and-deepening-ethics-standards-and-training-for-federal-and-stat

Standing Panel News Jun 20, 2016

Reflections on Federal Foresight Initiatives in the 1970s

Summary During the 1970s the planning and foresight community worked very hard to incorporate the long view – foresight perspective and practices – into governmental functions when and wherever we could especially in th…

https://napawash.org/news/reflections-on-federal-foresight-initiatives-in-the-1970s

Standing Panel News Apr 12, 2016

Governing with Foresight: Bringing Strategic Foresight to Bear in Policy Planning and Management

Introduction How can a new President assess the risks, challenges, and opportunities of his or her agenda – and more importantly, what actions can be taken now to improve the chances of success or avoid failure? How ca…

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