PODCAST: Executive Power and Civil Service Reform with Adam White and Clark Kelso Season 2 · Ep 38
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Former Congressman William Clinger reflects on his greatest accomplishments and Grand Challenges. Reflecting on your career, is there a highlight, a greatest accomplishment or a funny story you’d like to share? The mos…
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Background This session focused on an initiative by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop an integrated framework of practices that would constitute “sound public governance,” base…
https://napawash.org/news/what-are-the-elements-of-sound-public-governance-a-discussion-at-the-napa-eom-panel
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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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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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…
https://napawash.org/news/call-for-abstracts-bridging-the-gap-between-gender-responsive-budgeting-and-participatory-budgeting
Kicking off Public Service Recognition Week - Govmatters.tv Terry Gerton, president & CEO of NAPA and Bill Valdez, president of the Senior Executives Association, discuss the importance of recognizing federal employ…
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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…
https://napawash.org/news/transforming-federal-grants-management
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…
https://napawash.org/news/federal-advocacy-priorities-of-associations-representing-state-and-local-go
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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The NAPA White Paper, Strengthening Organisational Health and Performance in Government, draws on international as well as US experience and research; it also offers practical guidance for international as well as US pub…
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Reforms that promise better government performance are like a mirage – always just over the horizon, and rarely living up to expectations. Those thirsty for better outcomes can be forgiven for feeling a bit lost in the d…
https://napawash.org/news/where-do-we-find-performance-balancing-organizational-health-and-outcomes
Background To assure equity in emergency response, it is important to focus on the intersection of natural hazard and the humancreated environment. Some groups have social vulnerabilities that put them in greater peril…
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