Government Executive is EVERYWHERE

I don't know what you're doing on your lunch hour, but if you've got a free moment at noon, tune in to Federal News Radio (1500 AM) to hear my colleague Rob Brodsky wax poetic on Obama (and check out his profile of the President-elect as manager from our October issue).

And in print media, the New York Times is citing Government Executive to explain the management philosophy of Joshua Gotbaum, one of the two Clinton-era administrators who Obama has tapped to oversee the transition at the Treasury Department. The Times writes:

In a May 2001 essay for Government Executive magazine, Mr. Gotbaum reflected on the successes and limitations of bringing private-sector financial management to government programs. “There is a debate on the standards for social insurance, national parks and other ‘stewardship assets,’ ” he wrote. “Here it is not at all clear that private sector standards make sense: Rather than auditing acres at Yosemite and exhibits at the Smithsonian, wouldn’t resources be better used to audit cash at the Housing and Urban Development Department?”

Just remember, even if you read it in the Times, you read it here first.