GovExec Daily: Modernizing Public Service… And Public Servants

The U.S. in 2021 is a nation-state confronting a series of complex societal challenges that have no easy answer. Climate change, racial injustice and a raging pandemic are just some of the threats that American government will have to confront. This will fall to public servants to execute policy and innovate in the service of the mission of government.

Beth Simone Noveck is a professor at Northeastern University, where she directs The Governance Lab. She’s also the author of the book Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World. She joined the podcast to talk about the book and innovation in public service.