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The Public Manager archives from September 1996
Time to revisit the Fourth Amendment. (exclusionary rule)
September 22, 1996... O.J. Simpson's lawyers fought hard to keep certain evidence from the jury. But what is the basis for excluding reliable evidence?
WITH PASSIONS HAVING cooled, it may be time to face a simple question: Why did O. J. Simpson's lawyers fight so...
The judge as manager. (involvement of judges in public welfare)
September 22, 1996... Judges need political sophistication to discern the potential and the limits of judicial intervention into administration.
Judicial lawmaking is familiar terrain. Whether judges fill in the "interstices" of law or make law wholesale, no...
Constitutional issues in public management.
September 22, 1996... Forum Editor's Note
As should be clear from many of the articles in this forum, the courts often become involved with public management when it is alleged that there has been a violation of someone's constitutional rights. The next two...
Federal employee appeals: out of the maze. (creation of a US States Court of Federal Employment)
September 22, 1996... What is at issue, however, is whether the current multiplicity of avenues of appeal is in the best interest of either the federal employee or the employing agency.
In late 1994, the Senior Executives Association (SEA) conducted an...
The manager's role in alternative dispute resolution. (public managers)
September 22, 1996... The organization can learn to self-mediate conflict and, over time, improve morale and performance by producing more cost effective and lasting resolutions of disputes.
In the midst of governmental downsizing, restructuring, and...
Strategic planning in the judicial branch.
September 22, 1996... Assessing the impact of the judicial branch's administrative structure and culture on recent efforts to develop a strategic planning process.
"Remember one thing about the federal court system," said the federal judge from New Jersey at a...
State courts: establishing a leadership agenda.
September 22, 1996... The state courts have been engaged in a continuing struggle for many years to create a coherent, independent, highly effective branch of government.
In fact, if not in theory, the ends of justice and liberty depend immeasurably more on...
The court's Adarand decision and federal managers. (Supreme Court decision on the case Adarand vs. Pena)
September 22, 1996... Court interpretation could determine the future of government affirmative action programs and hiring and promotion practices
On occasion, courts issue decisions that impact directly on the management of federal employees. This is...
Assessing the series and the situation. (efforts to make federal agencies more efficient)
September 22, 1996... A general sense of some of the changes that have occurred within the federal establishment over the last 12 to 15 months.
Series Editor's Conclusion
In the Spring issue of 1995, The Public Manager began a series of articles on how...
Lessons learned by state and local governments. (adoption of performance management systems by federal agencies)
September 22, 1996... Introduction to the Series
Nearly three years ago, the president and officers of the American Society for Public Administration established ASPA's Government Accomplishment and Accountability (GAA) task force. Its mission is to...
Improving effectiveness of human resources services. (human resource management in federal agencies)
September 22, 1996... Effective strategies which have emerged are reengineering, information technology tools, and use of alternatives to in-house performance.
Series Editor's Introduction
Federal agencies continue to face unprecedented, far-reaching...
A personal account. (story of a former federal employee about life after retirement)
September 22, 1996... Series Editor's Note
In this second part of our retirement series during The Public Manager's 25th anniversary year, retirement portraits have been contributed by two more former government officials. Both Tom Kell and Lu Tanner...
Free, free, freelancing at last. (story of a former federal employee about life after retirement)
September 22, 1996... I always wanted to be a freelance writer. Circumstances arose (marriage, children, mortgage) which (OK, I'll admit it, along with my being chicken) prevented me from striking out on my own.
After many years as a writer employed by...
Smart card applications: major technology direction.
September 22, 1996... Smart card-related technology is beginning to hit the US. The technology potentially connects e-cash, e-mail, electronic commerce, electronic benefits, kiosks, and Internet. Big changes could result.
Over the past several years, smart card...
A tradition of gutsy leadership.
September 22, 1996... A new editor and many new authors will continue to ask the gutsy "outside-the -box" questions readers have come to enjoy.
The previous editors of this department are enjoying great professional lives. Each showed gutsy leadership in the...
The "Ins" and "Outs" of Your Federal Benefits.
September 22, 1996... Federal employees can now obtain the newly revised 1996 edition of a free guide to The "Ins " and "Outs " of Your Federal Benefits courtesy of Public Employees Roundtable (PER) and PER's Corporate Forum.
The 32-page booklet includes the...
The Dilbert Principle.
September 22, 1996... Midway on our life's journey, I found myself
In dark woods, the right road lost. To tell
about those woods is hard--so tangled and rough
And savage that thinking of it now, I feel
The old fear stirring, death is hardly...
