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September 2007

September 28, 2007
The Lectern: Public/private partnerships old and new
Road warrior/blogger Steve Kelman visits an Australian site that represents a public/private partnership dating back to the early 19th century.

September 25, 2007
The Lectern: Rise/fall of China?
In a "the world is flat" moment, peripatetic blogger Steve Kelman realizes that Asia is very much a presence in Australia.

September 19, 2007
The Lectern: Losing a public servant and a friend
Ed McGaffigan, the longest-serving commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (appointed originally by President Clinton, reappointed by President Bush), died last week at age 58 of the cancer he had been fighting for a number of years.

September 17, 2007
The Lectern: "Entrepreneurial Bureaucracy" and Robert O'Harrow blog
Chris Dorobek sent me an email with a weblink to a blog post by Robert O'Harrow (the Washington Post journalist) called "Entrepreneurial Government." O'Harrow's post concludes: "One cosmic question worth asking is: If the GSA's goal is to keep 'clients' in other agencies happy, and that by definition means making procurement fast and easy, where's the incentive to watch out for taxpayer interests?"

September 9, 2007
The Lectern: Google, Goldman and government
In a recent Business Week poll, readers rated the government as a less desirable place to work than Google, as might be expected, but saw it as more desirable than Goldman Sachs.

September 6, 2007
Public Service and our first faculty meeting

September 3, 2007
Chiang Kai-shek? Who's Chiang Kai-shek?

Management:

Writing the CXO playbook
Seasoned federal executives offer lessons for the next administration’s team of senior leaders.

Technology:

New bailout plans for archivists
Updated DOD records standard gets governmentwide nod as possible solution to a growing problem.

Policy:

Feds take counterterrorism local
New systems now undergoing trial runs could help resolve longstanding policy debates about information sharing.

Should the federal government abandon cost-plus contracting?

Previous Polls' Results

Transition 2009, Four Points Sheraton, Washington, DC
October 15, 2008

GCN Awards Gala, Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C.
October 22, 2008