Joseph Linhart – Rethinking the Federal Family

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Personal Information: Joseph Linhart, Presidential Management Fellow, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title: Rethinking the Federal Family

Description:

Currently individual communities, counties, tribes, and states are forced to work with each Federal agency separately in an effort to receive services or technical assistance. This is largely due to the fact that most Federal agencies do not collaborate with each other nor are they organized to do so. Each agency has its own agenda and priorities, and aligns its regions accordingly. As a result, Federal efforts often seem disjointed and piecemeal. However, if recent events like Hurricane Katrina or the Great Recession has shown, government aid and partnership is most effective only when Federal agencies mutual join together in a concerted effort. In order to sustain that type of success though, reorganization is necessary. By standardizing the region designations within each Federal agency, it may be possible to actually deliver the type of comprehensive, coordinated care that all communities, counties, tribes, and states deserve. Similar footprints would allow for region directors to essentially form a one stop consortium where not only a particular town or state could appeal to for assistance but also the Federal Family could in turn respond with one voice. Encouraging both horizontal and vertical alignment wouldn’t just make the Federal Government more dynamic, it will also make it more relevant and ready to tackle the type of complex, multi-faceted problems that are endemic in this era of uncertainty.

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Michael C. Lawyer & Anthony Soriano – “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bureaucracy“
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Teresa Shea – “A Journey Into Blindness: The Blind Professional“
Leonard Sipes – “Accomplishing Public Relations Goals Through Podcasting and Social Media: Demystifying the Process“
Tiffany Smith – “GovWhispering: How to Be an Effective Enterpreneur in a Bureaucratic Environment“
Mark Sullivan – “Working Together for Our Veterans“
Allison Wolff – “Failure is an Option“

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