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Academy Study Jul 1, 2014

Anticipating the Future: Developing a Vision and Strategic Plan for the Social Security Administration for 2025-2030

At the request of Congress, the Social Security Administration (SSA) contracted with the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to develop a long-range vision and a high-level strategic plan to assis…

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Academy Study Jun 1, 2014

Getting the Most from Strategic Reviews

Federal performance reporting has often focused on measuring how well agencies are meeting short-term goals, but enhancements to the Government Performance and Reporting Act (GPRA) now focuses on implementing improvement…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/getting-the-most-from-strategic-reviews

Academy Study May 7, 2014

From Enterprise Risk Management to Risk-Enabled Performance: A Conversation with Leaders

The National Academy of Public Administration and Ernst & Young LLP held a panel discussion titled "From Enterprise Risk Management to Risk-Enabled Performance: A Conversation with Leaders." The theme of this event -…

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Academy Study Apr 1, 2014

Financial and Related Information for Decision-Making: Enhancing Management Information to Support Operational Effectiveness and Priority Goals

The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and subsequent legislation called for improved financial information and improved financial standards, including a managerial cost accounting standard that requires government age…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/financial-and-related-information-for-decision-making-enhancing-management

Academy Study Jan 1, 2014

An Independent Review of Foreign National Access Management for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Over the last year, security incidents involving foreign nationals at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) research Centers have drawn the attention of the NASA Administrator and other agency leader…

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Academy Study Nov 1, 2013

FEMA Flood Mapping: Enhancing Coordination to Maximize Performance

Congress directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Biggert Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to prepare a report on “how FE…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/fema-flood-mapping-enhancing-coordination-to-maximize-performance

Academy Study Nov 1, 2013

The Collaborative Forum: The Office of Management and Budget's Partnership Fund for Program Integrity and Innovation

The National Academy of Public Administration served as program administrator for the Collaborative Forum, the engagement mechanism for the Office of Management and Budget’s Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovat…

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Academy Study Sep 1, 2013

The Governance Structure of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: An Independent Review

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 mandated that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) contract with the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to conduct a comprehen…

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Academy Study May 1, 2013

Forecast for the Future: Assuring the Capacity of the National Weather Service

Congress directed the National Weather Service (NWS) through the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H. Rept. 112-284, P.L. 112-55) to contract with an independent organization to evaluate efficiencies …

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Academy Study Mar 1, 2013

The STOCK Act: An Independent Review of the Impact of Providing Personally Identifiable Financial Information Online

The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the filing of publicly-available annual financial disclosures by senior officials in all three branches of the federal government. Congress amended the Act in 2012 with the S…

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Academy Study Mar 1, 2013

Measuring What Matters: Reducing Risk by Rethinking How We Evaluate Cybersecurity

SafeGov has developed a framework to spur the creation of a more effective approach to cybersecurity evaluation. As part of its strategy for developing this framework, SafeGov engaged the National Academy of Public Admin…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/measuring-what-matters-reducing-risk-by-rethinking-how-we-evaluate-cybersec

Academy Study Jan 2, 2013

Department of Energy: Review of Departmental Management and Oversight of the National Laboratories

The Department of Energy’s fiscal year 2012 Appropriations Bill directed the National Academy of Public Administration to conduct an independent review of the management and oversight of DOE’s national laboratories. In d…

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