Tomorrow brings us to the Final Four and I still have a chance to win my office pool (I have Kentucky and Ohio State playing in the final Monday night). More importantly, from our perspective, it marks the end of the Coalition’s first business quarter and the beginning of the second. The first quarter hasRead… Read more »
Check out the following article I wrote on the above topic on www.OhMyGOv.com: Improving Government Performance – Part Four Writing employee performance standards… By Stewart Liff Mar 15 2012, 05:42 AM In my last column, I talked about how to establish performance metrics. Today I am going to discuss one of the most difficult aspectsRead… Read more »
Salary: $84,804 – $117,036/Annually Apply on-line at www.bellevuewa.gov not later than: April 20, 2012 General InformationThe City of Bellevue, WA is currently recruiting for a seasoned communications professional to develop and execute communication plans, branding initiatives, and public relation strategies for the City that positively shift perceptions and land appropriate messages to the right audiencesRead… Read more »
Last month, the Senate held a hearing on re-tooling government for the 21st century. What’s the background behind recent pushes to reorganize the government and how do they different from perennial calls to do so over the past three decades that have gone no where? The Senate hearing focused on recent U.S. Government Accountability OfficeRead… Read more »
TIMES EDITORIAL ON VAN HOLLEN V. FEC. Here. POLITICALMONEYLINE.COM RELAUNCH. Here. Q1 FCPA REPORT. FCPA Blog. “But over the last three months, individual defendants captured most of the attention. There were acquittals, mistrials, dismissals, and sentencings that were all high-profile enforcement events.” STEVENS REPORT COST. The Post. “The mistakes by prosecutors handling the corruption trialRead… Read more »
College is a great time to learn, but it’s not the only time to learn in your life. You only stop learning when you’re dead. What I learned in college and how it’s enriched me in my professional experience While I learned the basics of education in high school — some science, some writing, someRead… Read more »
Lots of people write advice for young people about how to do well in your career. Thinking beyond the usual, I think it’s fun to think of how you should suck when you want to do well. Suck Up Knowledge That is, be eager to learn. Shadow people who seem to do jobs that interestRead… Read more »
Across the public sector, agencies are faced with the challenge of understanding how to drive decisions by using analytics. With such tight budgets, limited resources and ever growing complexities facing public administrators, government is challenged with the task of identifying the best way to use data to enhance citizen services. As operational challenges grow inRead… Read more »
It’s a Tuesday night and it’s sprinkling outside, much to my dismay, as I head over to City Hall to witness what is expected to be a long and onerous council meeting. As I near the chambers it becomes obvious that a large swath of people have already begun to pour out onto the patioRead… Read more »
I’m curious. What do you think is the #1 challenge in the agency management/union representative dynamic? And why?