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How agencies can deal with sudden policy changes

Everything your agency does is, theoretically, based in public policy. But when something happens to change public opinion, that policy might change. Take the Gulf oil spill, for example.

Tags: University of Maryland , management , Federal Drive

Wednesday - 03/21/2012, 09:53am EDT

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Analysis: Government reorganization 'challenging terrain' for Obama

President Barack Obama has asked Congress for the power to merge federal agencies in an effort to make government more efficient and consumer friendly. Obama will call on Congress to give him a type of consolidation authority last held by a president when Ronald Reagan was in office. Analysts and former government insiders congratulate the president for the massive plan to streamline services. But they warn it will be tricky.

Tags: business , Emily Kopp , Susan Schwab , USTR , Commerce , NOAA , Partnership for Public Service , Max Stier , Jeff Zients , OMB , Barack Obama , Congress , management , government reorganization , workforce

Monday - 01/16/2012, 01:27pm EST

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Analysis: Across-the-board workforce cuts 'guaranteed' to cause damage

Don Kettl, dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, said policymakers can draw on lessons learned from previous rounds of government downsizing to make smarter decisions now. He made his remarks from the 2011 Excellence in Government conference.

Tags: management , budget , University of Maryland , EIG 2011 , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris

Thursday - 11/17/2011, 11:54am EST

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First 100 Days, Federal Style

Tags: first 100 days , Donald Kettl , Joseph Ferrara

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:49am EDT

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FederalReporting.gov stimulates stimulus reporting

University of Maryland's Don Kettl cautions that the new website may be a little too good at finding the "profoundly goofy stuff that the government does."

Tags: stimulus , mngt , federalreporting.gov , University of Maryland

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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