A Sorry State - As the country wages war, antiquated IT endangers the vital foreign policy mission of the U.S. State Department. Can a multimillion-dollar modernization effort make a difference?
Publisher: CIO.com     Author: Sarah Scalet   

Bush to link agencies' budgets to performance in 2003 - The Bush administration has mandated that agencies use performance-based budgeting on selected programs in the fiscal 2003 budget cycle.
Publisher: GovExec.com     Author: Jason Peckenpaugh   

Comparative and International Public Administration: Building Intellectual Bridges - A partial redirection is proposed for the activities of ASPA’s Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA) as it enters its second quarter century.
Publisher: Public Administration Review     Author: Ferrel Heady   

Downsizing Detour - DoD managers are proving that outsourcing jobs isn't always the best way to save billions.
Publisher: GovExec.com     Author: George Cahlink   

Fast.Gov - What better way to answer the call of your country than to offer the next president some management advice.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Daniel H. Pink   

High Stakes, Big Bets - Tom Burbage and his 500-person team at Lockheed Martin went after the biggest military deal in U.S. history -- and scored a $200 billion victory: a contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter. They didn't play it safe; they played to win.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Bill Breen   

Increasing the Role of the Federal Government In California Law Enforcement - Traditionally, state and local governments have been responsible for law enforcement with the federal government playing a relatively minor role.
Publisher: California Legislative Analyst's Office     Author: California Legislative Analyst's Office   

Pay Your Taxes, Please - Under pressure from Congress, the IRS tries the polite approach.
Publisher: GovExec.com     Author: Gary M. Stern   

Political Optimism: Is It in Our Genes? - In every political convention, those toiling for the candidates were optimistic that their men will win and wildly optimistic that such an outcome would have a profoundly positive effect on the future. Where does such optimism come from?
Publisher: BioRational Institute     Author: John Pugsley   

Public Ethics and the New Managerialism - Consider some of the primary characteristics of the new public management: first, sharply reduce governmental regulations and red tape; then mix this with privatizing and contracting-out many public functions thought heretofore to be primarily governmental;...
Publisher: Public Administration and Management     Author: George Frederickson