The New Agenda

The tenet that management matters is central to Government Executive's coverage, and also to the mission of the nonpartisan National Academy of Public Administration. Earlier this year, we invited NAPA experts to outline a salutary management agenda for the next presidential term. Following are the series of columns they produced:

Presidential Prowess
By C. Morgan Kinghorn and Ryan J. Watson
July 1
Building a management agenda on the four cornerstones of leadership.

Battling Bioterrorism
By Richard Danzig
July 15
Defending against biological attacks demands extraordinary federal leadership and coordination.

Pulling Together
By Carl W. Stenberg
August 1
All levels of government have to work together more closely than ever, but their ability to do so has been eroded.

From Campaigning to Governing
By Dwight Ink
September 1
Getting an administration up to speed requires the incoming president to include management as one of his priorities.

No Idea Left Behind
By Valerie Lemmie
September 15
Merging public and private governance is critical at the crossroads of education.

Curing Health Care
By Mary Jane England, M.D.
October 1
Health care and governance: Big issues, practical responses.

Negotiating the Fiscal Rapids
By Alice M. Rivlin
October 15
The next administration will have to show both guts and extraordinary imagination.

Weighty Matters
By Christopher Edley Jr.
November 1
With good information, it is possible to address social equity across the board.

What's Next
By C. Morgan Kinghorn and William Shields Jr.
December 1
Now that the campaign is over, let's get to the real work of improving government performance.