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Paper on Demand: Moving to Paperless Systems

Paper on Demand: Moving to Paperless Systems

More and more modern leaning governments looking to become more efficient are reviewing how to implement paperless systems but must still allow some paper into the mix. This week what…

Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 4)

Public-Private Partnership There are situations where the government wishes to get an initiative underway but does not want to take the financial, technical and operational risk associated with it. Neither…

Sell, Sell, Sell

  In trying to promote Information Technology innovative ideas, selling is needed: (1) For the CIO (Chief Information Officer) who has to make all personnel and elected officials aware of…

Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 3)

Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 3)

The Next Era, Partnered-Privatization? Fundamentally, the business of government is to enact law and develop policy with established measures to clearly demonstrate whether its policies are successful. The essential arms…

Good Customer Service Still Matters

When I call 411, the computer voice asks: “What city, please?”  I can’t stand those computer voices and do what I can to confuse them. I try my best Nordic…

Adopting a Norwegian State of Mind: What Norway Is Doing Right

Adopting a Norwegian State of Mind: What Norway Is Doing Right

Norway continues to follow the trend regarding budgetary spending in Europe. Directly affected by petroleum profits that will deliver a budget surplus of $43.7 billion in 2012, the government has chosen…

Innovation in Information Technology for Local Governments and Other Public Administration Organizations

Welcome to the second limited series column on innovation in information technology.  We hope to publish articles weekly while the series lasts.  If you miss a column, we’ll include links…

Outsourcing Government: A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 2)

Outsourcing Government: A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 2)

Part II: Public Administration Today Public Administration deals with the governance of business operations at a local, state and federal level. Specifically, it includes planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and controlling…

Leadership at Divergent Belief Systems

Each of us has a shared system of beliefs and values that systematically define our way of perceiving the world. Our belief systems influence our reasoning and affect our decisions.…

Growing Digital Health, Increasing Challenges for Public Administrators – Part II

Growing Digital Health, Increasing Challenges for Public Administrators – Part II

This article is the second part of an article started last week where we discussed some of the ways digital health information is currently being used and some of the possible…

The Essentials of Democracy

By: Dana-Marie Seepersad The concept of democracy has emerged as a result of a gradual change in the principles that govern the distribution of power in the society. According to…