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The Nation’s Top Seven Percent

The Nation’s Top Seven Percent

They are America’s veterans – and we need to support them much better than we have as Americans. The Top Seven Percent are not a monolithic group. Each veteran is…

The Makings of a Good Municipal Budget Document

The Makings of a Good Municipal Budget Document

A municipal budget is so much more than numbers - it is a binding contract by which government officials translate the values of the community they serve into an actionable…

The Value of Federal Government Data in Transforming Government Agencies

The Value of Federal Government Data in Transforming Government Agencies

The U.S. federal government is probably one of the biggest (if not the biggest) producers of data. Every day, thousands of federal workers collect, create, analyze and distribute massive amounts…

The Wrecking Crew – Time Magazine’s Provocative November 6 Story

The Wrecking Crew – Time Magazine’s Provocative November 6 Story

The cover of the November 6 issue of Time shows three large wrecking balls with the title: “The Wrecking Crew – How Trump’s cabinet is dismantling government as we know…

STAR TREKING Public Workforce Management

STAR TREKING Public Workforce Management

In this age of extreme technological advancement and change-by-the-second, it is highly appropriate to take a strategic look at public sector workforce management. Today more than ever before, the public…

The MPA Advantage

The MPA Advantage

This fall, I started my journey to attain a Master of  Public Administration (MPA) degree - the professional degree for public management. Students who pursue a Master of Public Administration…

A National Veteran Policy Field of Study to Guide Policy Development, Program Investments and Improve Outcomes

A National Veteran Policy Field of Study to Guide Policy Development, Program Investments and Improve Outcomes

The nation’s veteran and family ecosystem is dynamic, complex and resource rich. The policy landscape includes 1,300-plus federal and state policies, executive orders and agency directives that impact—directly or indirectly—veterans…

How to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems

How to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems

We do not have to be a trained psychoanalyst to know this much — we humans are wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Referred to as the “pleasure principle”…

What A Leader Must Do

What A Leader Must Do

There are thousands of books on leadership; someone once suggested that as many as 500 new titles relating to leadership appear every year and there as many articles in journals…

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

My dentist knows the condition of my teeth, gums and tongue. My doctor is familiar with my tongue too, but concentrates on the back of my throat as well as…

Performance Management and Education

Performance Management and Education

In recent years, there has been a lot of speculation about educator’s pay being attached to their school’s performances in standardized testing. Some are all for it while others are…