The Changing Nature of Government Service
Readings and Resources
Background Materials
Government Reform Proposals
- Robert Klitgaard & Paul C. Light, Eds., “High Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives,” Pardee Rand Graduate School, 2005. pp. 255-280 Al Robbert, “Developing Leadership: Emulating the Military Model” pp. 281-308 Gregory Treverton, “Broadening Public Leadership in a Globalized
- U.S. Government Accountability Office, “21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government,” Feb 2005. pp. 64-70 “Governance Capacity to Meet Challenges in the 21st Century”
- “Urgent Business for America: Revitalizing the Federal Government for the 21st Century.” Report of the National Commission on the Public Service (January 2003) pp. x-xi “Summary of Recommendations” p. 4 “How the Work of Government Has Changed” pp. 18-26 “Leadership for Government” pp. 37- 40 “Case Examples of Entry-Level Hiring in the Civil Service”
- Tanya N. Ballard, “Panel backs restructuring, reorganization of agencies,” Government Executive Magazine, January 7, 2003.
Surveys of Federal Government Employees
Changing Shape of Government
- “Future of the Federal Workforce,” Issues of Merit, July 2007.
- “Government’s New Management Model: Networks,” LMI 2006 Annual Report, pp 8-11.
- “The Changing Role of Government: The Perfect Storm,” LMI 2004 Annual Report
- Mark Abramson, Jonathan Breul, and John Kamensky, “Six Trends Transforming Government,” The Public Manager, Spring 2007, pp. 3-11.
- Paul C. Light, “Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of Government,” The Brookings Institution, July 23, 2004.
- Paul C. Light, “The Changing Shape of Government,” The Brookings Institution, February 1999.
- Brittany R. Ballenstedt, “Panelists suggest reducing reliance on political appointees,” Government Executive, October 25, 2007.
- Philip Shenon, “Interim Heads Increasingly Run Federal Agencies,” New York Times, October 15, 2007.
Privatization and Outsourcing
Hiring Practices and Initiatives
- “Entry-Level New Hires: The New Aging Workforce?” Issues of Merit, September 2007.
- Zach Patton, “The Young and the Restless,” Governing, September 2007
- Zach Patton, “The Young and the Restless,” Governing, September 2007
- “Reforming Federal Hiring: Beyond Faster and Cheaper,” A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. September 1, 2006. p. 10 “Figure 1. Examples of Paths into the Civil Service” pp. 17-18 “Qualification Standards Have Limited Use” p. 19 “Table 5. Validity Scores of Selected Assessment Methods”
- Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program
- Federal Career Intern Program
- United States Office of Personnel Management Career Patterns Initiative
- United States Office of Personnel Management, “Career Patterns: A 21st Century Approach to Attracting Talent,” A Guide for Agencies, June 2006. p. 4 “Career Patterns Dimensions” pp. 5-27 “Career Pattern Scenarios”
National Security Professional Development
- “National Security Professional Development” Executive Order 13434 of May 17, 2007
- L. Erik Kjonnerod, “Education Initiatives for Enhanced Interagency Integration: OPM-NSEC” Interagency Transformation, Education & Analysis (ITEA) presentation.
- Bert B. Tussing, “Strategic Competency: Preparing Leaders for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense,” presentation, September 2007.
Partnership for Public Service
- Training Supervisors to Be Leaders: A Missing Element in Efforts to Improve Federal Performance
- “Federal Human Capital: The Perfect Storm,” July 19, 2007.
- “Where the Jobs Are: Mission Critical Opportunities for America,” July 3, 2007.
- James Thompson, “Training Supervisors to Be Leaders: A Missing Element in Efforts to Improve Federal Performance,” June 26, 2007.
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
- “Reinventing the Federal Workplace” (Jan 20, 2001)
- G. Ross Stephens and Nelson Wikstrom, “Reinventing Government and Federal Downsizing—or Whose Ox is being Gored,” working paper, November 9, 2000.
- History of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 1993 – 2000, A Summary
- “The New Job of the Federal Executive” (March 29, 1994) Speech by Al Gore