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Performance Budgeting Within State and Local Governments: The Disconnect Between Public Manager Efforts and Legislative Action
Using Performance Data in the Budgetary Process Increasingly, states and local governments view performance measurement not simply as an important element of public management, but more so as a necessary…
Phoenix Invests in High-Tech Van to Promote Savings
The City of Phoenix faces a different set of challenges today than it did five to ten years ago. For example, it has become increasingly difficult to rely on federal…
Assessing a Nonprofit Regime: HR Management Discipline, Then and Now
Management of nonprofits has gone from decades of very randomly assigned administrative skill sets in government and nongovernment entities to new, evolving and very specialized high level professional placements. This…
Nonprofit Management and the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” is being implemented through a wide-ranging combination of public and nonprofit organizations. All of these organizations are experiencing challenges in meeting…
Sequester, Scandal and Service: What is Strengthening Our Federal Workforce?
In the well known series of “Memos to National Leaders” from the National Academy of Public Administration, Stephen Condrey, Rex Facer, and Jared Llorens prescribed recommendations for “Strengthening the Federal…
Matrix Teams in the Public Sector
Matrix teams are a useful tool that results in enhanced employee development, improved teamwork and greater entrepreneurial outcomes. What are Matrix Teams? First used in 1947 by General Chemicals…
Optimization or Mission Drift?
The Question How do nonprofit managers strive for optimization, stay true to the organization’s mission and avoid being misunderstood in the process? Third sector organizations (e.g. nongovernmental organizations and nonprofits)…
States and Same-Sex Marriage After Windsor
The battle for state recognition of same-sex marriage has just begun. While many might think that the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor striking down section 3 of…
Public Goods and Sustainable Community Development
July is a time to celebrate the ideals in the Declaration of Independence, think about the founding of our nation and enjoy the magic of a perfectly grilled hamburger. But…
The Quest for Accountability
It’s on its way to you!! That is, the public demand for you to defend your existence; holding public figures accountable for where the money is going and what it…
Nonprofit Management Techniques that Ensure Success
Nonprofit organizations are key partners and vital to addressing the social, economic, and educational needs of the public. Government agencies often have to deal with bureaucratic red tape that nonprofit…
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