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Standing Panel News Feb 27, 2018

Australia-US Lessons on Public Sector Stewardship and Capability

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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Standing Panel News Feb 20, 2018

Where Do We Find Performance? Balancing Organizational Health and Outcomes

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

Standing Panel News Feb 1, 2018

Social Equity and Emergency Management Responses

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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Standing Panel News Jan 31, 2018

Next Steps in Improving Government Performance

This blog post first appeared in Government Executive Have government reformers been putting the chicken before the egg? For years, their attention has been on improving performance by focusing on program results. But a…

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Standing Panel News Jan 29, 2018

Mending Our Safety Net: Building Our Workforce

Introduction Labor force participation in our country has fallen to 63 percent. Millions of working-age Americans, particularly males between the ages of 25 and 54, are neither working nor seeking work. The laws, regula…

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Standing Panel News Oct 5, 2017

Big Questions About IGR AND IGM Revisited

Background In 2011, John Kincaid and Carl Stenberg co-authored a concluding article on “'Big Questions’ about Intergovernmental Relations and Management: Who Will Address Them?” (2011) for a symposium in the Public Admi…

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Standing Panel News Sep 5, 2017

U.S. Floods: The Necessity of Mitigation

Introduction Floods are the costliest natural hazard events in the United States in terms of lives and property losses. The financial costs of flood disasters are unsustainable, especially for the national government, w…

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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,…

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Standing Panel News May 19, 2017

Implementing the DATA Act: Working Across Boundaries

The Executive branch was given three years to implement its key provisions. A key deadline was to post all federal spending data on a single website by May 9, 2017. The DATA Act requires all federal spending data, inclu…

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Standing Panel News Apr 26, 2017

President Trump's Government Reform Initiatives

Summary of April 26, 2017 EOM Panel Meeting Introduction Media reports on the various reform announcements focused on potential staffing and budget reductions, but OMB staff noted upfront that their observation from the …

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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 …

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Standing Panel News Mar 30, 2016

Can We Finally Link Foresight To Policy?

Introduction We are entering a season when many groups are thinking about how to advise the next Administration on matters of policy, organization, or both. NAPA is now working on this, specifically addressing the chall…

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