Shelley Metzenbaum’s recent article for Government Executive, “A Missed Opportunity,” highlights a conundrum facing government improvement geeks for nearly three decades. She laments that federal ...
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been tweeting up a storm about creating a Department of Government Efficiency — although to listen to some of what they are saying, such a department has already ...
For more than 20 years, since the passage of the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act, federal agencies have been under the obligation to establish strategic plans, set goals and measure their ...
A video livestream will be available on this page starting at 12:00 PM on Monday, July 31st. Please scroll down to view. On July 31, AEI’s James C. Capretta hosted Robert Shea of GovNavigators to ...
Report from Jitinder Kohli sets out a federal government performance model based on an analysis of what works at five different governments on three continents. In sports, the goal is clear: win the ...
Many years ago, when we were first introduced to the world of performance management, we became zealots, believing that cities and states were entering a brave new world in which government services ...
A U.S. government shutdown began at midnight Tuesday when Congress failed to pass a funding bill. While last-minute showdowns over government funding have become routine, University of Virginia Darden ...
Under heavy pressure from Republicans in Congress, the Biden administration has been pressing federal agencies to get their staff back to the office. However, this pressure stands at odds with the ...
Sen. Mark Warner and experts discuss making government more efficient at a CAP event. President Barack Obama in January signed the GPRA Modernization Act, the first major government performance reform ...
When asked how they feel about the federal government, majorities consistently express frustration, while smaller numbers say they are basically content or angry. Anger toward the government has risen ...
A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation’s elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar. Currently, just 19 ...
Ronald Utt is the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Senior Research Fellow. During his campaign for the presidency, George W. Bush promised to "Open federal positions involving commercial activities to ...