A recent Buffalo News article highlighted the fact that no one has been checking employee suggestion boxes for the Town of Amherst, NY. As stated in the article: At a recent Amherst Town Board work session, Council Member Steven Sanders introduced a resolution clarifying that it’s the supervisor’s responsibility to periodically check the several woodenRead… Read more »
Google founder Larry Page will reclaim his role as CEO on April 4th. Page wants to cut through the bureaucracy that has developed as Google has grown to 24,000 employees. Some steps taken by Page according to a Wall Street Journal article include: Persuading top executives to sit and work together every day in aRead… Read more »
In December Congress and the Senate passed legislation titled the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX). The act requires federal agencies to: Designate senior officials to serve as a chief operating and performance improvement officers. These two officials would be responsible for finding significant cost savings throughRead… Read more »
http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/logo.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; “> Governor elect Andrew Cuomo is in the process of putting together his team to address the difficult prospect of reforming New York State government. In his first public appearance after the election Cuomo was asked what three tasks heRead… Read more »
Richard M. Daley has served as the Mayor of Chicago for 21 years and is considered by many as being one of the best Mayor’s in the United States. People run for elected office because they want to make a difference, being considered a “big dreamer and a big doer” is probably the best complimentRead… Read more »