The Public Manager: The New Bureaucrat articles from June 1997

The Public Manager: The New Bureaucrat archives from June 1997

A new Social Security system for the new century. (Cato Institute director of health and welfare studies Michael D. Tanner's speech)(includes related article on Chile's welfare program)(Mini-Forum: Social Security Reform)(Cover Story)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... Social Security should be "privatized," allowing people the freedom to invest their Social Security taxes in financial assets such as stocks and bonds. Introduction to the Forum RONALD S. BOSTER, FORUM EDITOR Everyone who has studied the...

Social Security: a big success or a big problem? (Committee for Economic Development research associate Andrew R. Haggard's speech)(includes related article on Donald C. Kull)(Mini-Forum Social Security Reform)(Cover Story)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... An "add-on" approach (similar to CED's) would address America's future retirement needs and tackle both the impending fiscal insolvency and growing political insolvency of Social Security. It is easy to see why the Social Security program is...

Social insurance works: fix it, don't scrap it. (Brookings Institute senior fellow Henry J. Aaron's speech)(Mini-Forum: Social Security Reform)(Cover Story)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... Social Security embodies features superior to the privatization plans now under discussion. The Committee for Economic Development (CED) report, Fixing Social Security explicitly rejects complete privatization, the total replacement of the...

The future of merit in the personnel system. (US Merit Systems Protection Board chairman Ben Erdreich's speech)(Mini-forum: Human Resource Management Futures)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... A merit-based civil service has undergone significant evolutionary changes over 114 years and it's likely to continue that evolution. Associate Editor's Note In May 1997, the Brookings Institution held a policy forum on the future of federal...

The government of the future: a personal perspective. (Office of Personnel Management director James B. Kings)(Mini-forum: Human Resource Management Futures)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... There has been significant progress. We are winning back the support of the American people. This is an exciting time in government. From time to time, we in government need to step back from our day-to-day responsibilities and take stock of...

The future of federal labor-management relations and partnership. (American Federation of Government Employees President John Sturdivant's speech)(Mini-forum: Human Resource Management Futures)(Transcript)
June 22, 1997... In the future, empowered employees will want even more to decide for themselves who will speak for them in the workplace. The future of federal labor-management relations and partnerships is a provocative one. To me the operative word is the...

Federal executives assess current situation.
June 22, 1997... The pattern of results observed in the 1996 FEIAA survey of federal executives and managers suggest that planning and action are needed in the short-term future to address the problems identified. The annual membership survey of the Federal...

OPM's experience with career transition programs. (Office of Personnel Management)
June 22, 1997... The four principles that guided OPM's own downsizing program deserve consideration by managers anticipating a RIF environment. In 1994, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confronted the serious and concrete challenge of firing more than...

Let's stop singing the GPRA blues! (Government Performance and Result Act of 1993)
June 22, 1997... Although assessing research programs for outcomes presents some inherent difficulty, many agencies already engage in some form of assessment of scientific quality. This article seeks to identify ways in which agencies can assess their research...

Quality and the 21st century leader.(Managing Change/Changing Management)
June 22, 1997... Begin today to do something which will make your organization exceptional in some fundamental way. Start by making room in your mind for the change you desire. Series Editor's Introduction Managing Change/Changing Management is designed to...

Growing public service leaders. (includes related articles)
June 22, 1997... Some say most of corporate America is "overmanaged and underled." A majority of public sector respondents also cite lack of sufficient leaders. The leadership crisis is the most urgent and dangerous of the threats we face today if only because...

DOD implementation of GPRA. (Department of Defense; Goverment Performance and Results Act of 1993)
June 22, 1997... It is one thing to develop performance measures, quite another to use those measures to make decisions. The Government Performance and Results Act (P.L. 103-62), the GPRA or Results Act as it is now termed, was passed more than three years ago....

IT planning coordination opportunities. (information technology)
June 22, 1997... Information technology planning synergies can help agencies fulfill requirements under ITMRA and GPRA. Series Editor's Introduction JOHN C. CARABELLO Welcome to the continuation of the Managing Information/Technology series. As I assume...

A vital link: the supervisor's role in managing diversity. (includes related article on politics)
June 22, 1997... Winning organizations arm supervisors with supportive policies and procedures, supervisory skills in leadership, effective communications, team building, performance management, and motivating a diverse workforce. As the demographics of...

Partnering the easy way. (partnership between public schools and federal agencies)
June 22, 1997... A division of GAO offers a model for providing volunteer support to a neighborhood school. Partnerships between public schools and federal agencies are nothing new. On one end of the spectrum are limited partnerships, such as participating in...

The Washington monument syndrome: Grimaldi the clone.
June 22, 1997... Just when you thought it was safe again to let your kids go out to play without a SWAT team to watch them. Just when you thought family values were secure and the carefree 1950s were dawning again on the horizon. Like the old saw about the light...

Free Agents: People and Organizations Creating a New Working Community.
June 22, 1997... It seems that a new management book is put out daily. Many promise the complete and total transformation of the organization, its people, products, and services within a couple of hundred pages. This transformation is usually presented as a...

The Federal Manager's Handbook, Rehabilitating or Removing the Problem Employee, 3d ed.
June 22, 1997... It seems that a new management book is put out daily. Many promise the complete and total transformation of the organization, its people, products, and services within a couple of hundred pages. This transformation is usually presented as a...

One Cockeyed World.
June 22, 1997... When we read about the influence of political action committees and various special interest groups on our legislative process, there is a tendency to feel that this is a modern phenomenon. Were things different in the old days? Recently I...

What I will contribute to the public service.
June 22, 1997... One of my most compelling challenges had been to find a way to bridge my long-standing commitment to serving the public with my interest in medicine. A wide-ranging but carefully focused course of study and a substantial role as a volunteer in my...