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Paul focuses on improving government management, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
Here are links to his articles. Please send him your thoughts and comments.
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"What Political Appointees Need to Know: Preparing Appointees for Success" Political Appointee Project Website. December 20, 2016. |
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"How To Be Successful in the Trump Administration: Four Lessons From Previous Political Appointees" Government Executive Website. December 16, 2016. |
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"What the State Department Can Teach Agencies About Preparing New Appointees for the Job" Government Executive Website. December 14, 2016. |
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"Needed: A New Approach for Onboarding Political Appointees" Government Executive Website. December 2, 2016. |
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"Your Guide to a Presidential Appointment in the Next Administration" Government Executive Website. June 28, 2016. |
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"Avoiding a Government of Lawyers and Former Congressional Staffers" Government Executive Website. May 26, 2016. |
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"Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Political Appointee?" Government Executive Website. May 2, 2016. |
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"Looking Close to Home" Political Appointee Project. January 2015. |
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"Leon Panetta's Hard Lessons in Leadership" Government Executive. October 24, 2014. |
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"Hillary Clinton's Lessons in Executive Diplomacy" Government Executive. July 21, 2014. |
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"What Government Executives Can Learn from Robert Gates" Government Executive. June 20, 2014. |
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"What Government Executives Can Learn from Tim Geithner" Government Executive. June 12, 2014. |
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"The Challenge of Appointments" Federal Times. May 2, 2014. |
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"Implementing Performance Management in Government: Advice for Political Appointees" Political Appointee Project. April 2014. |
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"Looking Close to Home" Political Appointee Project. February 2014. |
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"Five lessons for Second-term Political Appointees" Federal Times. January 2013. |
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"What Every New Political Appointee Should Know" Political Appointee Project. January 2013. |
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"What We Have Learned About Political Appointees" Political Appointee Project. October 2012. |
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"How Federal Executives Build Successful Long-Term Organizations" Public Manager. Summer 2012. |
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"The Many Dimensions of Innovation in Government" AOL Government. May 2012. |
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"Innovation in Government: Creating the Race to the Top Program at Education" AOL Government. April 2012. |
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"Innovation in Government: Creating the VA's Innovation Initiative" AOL Government. April 2012. |
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"Innovation in Government: Creating The 'Know Your Farmer' Program" AOL Government. March 2012. |
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"Innovation In Government: Creating The 'Every Day Counts' Program" AOL Government. March 2012. |
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"Leadership Lessons: Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Consumer Product Safety Commission" Government Executive. February 2012. |
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"Leadership Lessons: Patrick Gallagher, National Institute of Standards and Technology" Government Executive. January 2012. |
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"Leadership Lessons: Joseph Main, Mine Safety and Health Administration" Government Executive. January 23, 2012. |
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"Leadership Lessons: Arun Majumdar, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy" Government Executive. January 17, 2012. |
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"Leadership Lessons: David Kappos, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" Government Executive. January 2012. |
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"The Challenge of Selecting and Orienting Political Appointees" The Public Manager. Winter 2011. |
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"VIEWPOINT Picking Appointees" Government Executive. October 2011. |
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"Agency-Level Reorganization Can Work" The Public Manager. Summer 2011. |
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"Analysis: Getting Appointees Up to Speed" Government Executive. February 17, 2010. |
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"Ready Aim Aim Aim: The Government's Culture Clash" Federal Times. December 15, 2009. |
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"Commentary: Quarterly reports would enhance performance, accountability" Federal Times. December 21, 2008. |
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"Missing From The Presidential Debate: Federal Management" Federal Times. October 13, 2008. |
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"How to Think Like a Sports GM" FCW. September 15, 2008. |
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"Viewpoint Across the Divide" Government Executive. August 1, 2008. |
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"Commentary: Next administration should let agencies lead reform." Federal Times. July 27, 2008.
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"The challenge of managing a highly educated work force." Federal Times. August 19, 2005.
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"Public Service at Its Best." The Business of Government. Spring 2005, pages 3, 53. This article discusses the author's recent conversations and experiences with top government officials.
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"What Steve Spurrier Taught Me About Management." The Business of Government. Summer 2004, pages 3, 66. This article discusses effective management practices with a sports metaphor.
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"Grant Giving." The Business of Government. Summer 2003, page 3.
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"Documenting a Revolution: Studies Detail Exciting Changes in Government," Federal Times. March 10, 2003.
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"Leadership." The Business of Government. Winter 2002, page 1.
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"Benchmarking." The Business of Government. Fall 2001, page 1.
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"E-Government." The Business of Government. Fall 2000, page 1.
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"Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990." The Business of Government. Spring 2000, page 1.
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"Management Challenges for the 21st Century." The Business of Government. Summer 1999, pages 1, 20.
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"Transforming a Traditional Agency into a Business: The United States Mint." The Business of Government. Spring 1999, pages 8-11.
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"Gilmore gets B+ on technology." Washington Business Journal. December 7, 1998.
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"Washington, D.C., A City of Policies and Operations." The Business of Government. September/October 1998, page 1.
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"Mergers;" "Improving the Business of Government - U.S. Investigations Services;" "Public-Private Partnership at Work." The Business of Government. July/August 1998, pages 2-6.
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"E-Government;" "Improving the Business of Government - Office of Management and Budget." The Business of Government. May/June 1998, pages 2-4
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"Strategic Alliances;" "Improving the Business of Government - Defense Commissary Agency." The Business of Government. March/April 1998, pages 2-3 and 12.
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"Let's Solve High-Tech Labor Shortage Ourselves." Washington Business Journal. March 13-19, 1998, page 91.
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"Learning from Private Sector;" "Improving the Business of Government - Defense Automated Printing Service." The Business of Government. January/February 1998, pages 2-3.
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"Build Statewide Information Superhighway." Washington Business Journal. January 2-8, 1998, page 51.
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"Tech issue missing in Va. race." Washington Business Journal. October 27, 1997.
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"Commit to specifics on outcomes, innovations." Washington Business Journal. September 8, 1997.
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"Leveling the NCAA Field." Athletic Business. October 1989, pages 62-65.
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"End Cheating - Pay College Athletes." The Wall Street Journal. March 6, 1987, page 30.
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"Certification of Personnel Administrators: An Alternative Interpretation." Personnel Administration. December 1980, pages 31-35.
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"Marx on Regulation: A Comment." Review of Social Economy. April 1980, pages 81-88.
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