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Standing Panel News Feb 5, 2019

Implementation of the Evidence Act: A Discussion at the NAPA EOM Panel

Background: In one of its last actions before adjourning last month, the 115th Congress passed the “Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.” This new law implements about half of the recommendations made…

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General News Jan 28, 2019

Meet Our Fellows: Ralph Widner ('75)

Ralph Widner, elected in 1975, reflects on a wide-ranging career in public service and Grand Challenges in Public Administration Reflecting on your career, is there a highlight, a greatest accomplishment, or funny sto…

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General News Jan 8, 2019

Shared Services: Why the Voice of the Customer Matters

JUST RELEASED: POWERFUL IDEAS FROM A DREAM TEAM COLLABORATION! The Shared Services Leadership Coalition, the Senior Executive Association and the National Academy of Public Administration are pleased to publish a report…

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General News Jan 2, 2019

Meet Our Fellows: Chester Newland ('75)

Chester Newland, elected in 1975, reflects on a career of public service, his Academy Fellowship, and Grand Challenges in Public Administration Reflecting on your career, is there a highlight, a greatest accomplish…

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Standing Panel News Dec 19, 2018

Reforming the Appointment Process

Introduction Over the last thirty years, there have been numerous studies calling for major reform of the political appointment process. This section includes the major studies during that period which have examined the…

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Standing Panel News Dec 19, 2018

Managing in a Political Environment

Here you will find advice from former political appointees on navigating the political aspect of government agencies. Seven Rules for New Political Executives Based on my experience as a Presidential appointee in the C…

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Standing Panel News Dec 19, 2018

Your Agency Operations

Learn how to enhance your agency operations through both innovative and classic techniques and approaches. Managing the Risks in the Retained Organization: A Priority for New Leaders The movement to shared services sho…

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General News Nov 27, 2018

Help Tackle the Grand Challenges of Our Time

The last two decades have marked a period of near-constant change for the United States. As new challenges have arisen and demands on government have increased, however, the public sector has often been in a reactive mod…

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Standing Panel News Oct 9, 2018

Panel Meeting: Insights from the 2012 Obama Business and Trade Reorganization Initiative

President Obama announced in his 2011 State of the Union that he would pursue reorganizing federal agencies to improve government operations. A year later, he announced a specific set of proposals, with a focus on reorga…

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Standing Panel News Sep 7, 2018

National Trade Policies and International Competitiveness - Public Administration Challenges

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CHALLENGES IN FORMULATING AND IMPLEMENTING TRADE POLICIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS View the presentation here.

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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 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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