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Thursday, June 12, 2014
In a climate of fiscal austerity, it is far better to cut programs with minimal impact and improve existing programs, based on evidence from high-quality program evaluations. What is program evaluation? How...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
In advance of the Afghan Presidential election run-off scheduled for June 14, Larry Sampler, assistant to the USAID Administrator for Afghanistan and Pakistan join me on The Business of Government to explore how USAID has sought to promote stability...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Does greater transparency in government translate into greater citizen legitimacy and trust for government action? It depends, concludes a new study by a Swedish scholar.
Monday, June 9, 2014
"A Manager’s Guide to Assessing the Impact of Government Social Media Interactions" aims to help managers understand the tools that agencies are using to determine if their social media efforts are advancing their strategic goals.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of June 02, 2014.
Friday, May 30, 2014
A veteran corporate executive search recruiter says experience and competencies aren’t as important as “potential” when hiring or promoting people to the top job. How would this approach play when picking leaders to head government agencies?
Friday, May 30, 2014
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of May 26, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
More than two-thirds of NASA employees are scientists and engineers, and NASA has one of the oldest workforces in the federal government – many of whom are nearing retirement. What’s the plan for recruiting new scientific, engineering, and medical talent?
Friday, May 23, 2014
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of May 19, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Quality was all the rage in the federal government’s ranks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The emphasis on quality, however, never really died out in private industry, largely because they quantified its benefits for business.