- Achieving Green and Healthy Homes and Communities in America
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. In the Fall of 2010, the National Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisioning contracted with the National Academy to develop and execute an online dialogue that would examine ways to increase the health, safety, and energy efficiency of low- to moderate-income homes. Since 1999, the National Coalition had worked to improve low- to moderate-income housing through the support and execution of home interventions that…
- Agencies in Transition: A Report on the Views of the Members of the Federal Senior Executive Service
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. Many think of leadership transition in government as something that happens only once every four or eight years. While presidential transitions are undoubtedly the largest in scope, leadership transition in government is a constant process. In fact, the average tenure of Senate-confirmed appointees is only 3.3 years, while appointees at executive departments generally spend only 2.8 years in a single post. In a federal…
- Amtrak Office of Inspector General: Organizational Assessment
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. The Amtrak OIG office engaged the National Academy to conduct an organizational assessment that examines the current operations of the OIG office. The organizational assessment identified core organizational strengths and weaknesses, and recommended specific, prioritized actions to improve OIG processes, policies and management practices that will help the office achieve the goals outlined in its five-year strategic plan…
- Amtrak OIG Organizational Assessment, Phase II: Implementation Roadmap Development
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. In the spring of 2010, the Academy conducted an independent organizational assessment of the Amtrak OIG. The Phase I final report addressed eight critical areas of focus, and for each of the these focus areas, the Academy identified a desired future state, key observations, critical risks, “quick win” opportunities, and long-term recommendations. The Phase I results formed the basis for the Phase II of the…
- Building Strong for Tomorrow: Recommendations for the Organizational Design of the NOAA Climate Service
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. The U.S. Congress asked an expert panel of the National Academy of Public Administration to assist NOAA with a study and analysis of organizational options for a Climate Service within NOAA. Further, NOAA formally asked the Panel to provide an independent assessment of how NOAA should organize its climate capabilities and make recommendations for a Climate Service line office structure that would integrate NOAA’s…
- Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. At the request and with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and using procedures of the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Public Administration jointly undertook a two-year study of the long-term fiscal challenge facing the United States. The work was performed by a stellar committee representing diverse disciplines and practices…
- The Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System: An Assessment of Design, Implementation, and Impact
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. The FY 1997 National Defense Authorization Act gave the Secretary of Defense authority to establish common personnel policies for DoD intelligence components. Under this authority, DoD began designing the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) in 2007. This personnel system was intended to unify the civilian human resources management systems among ten DoD intelligence components. Beyond mere…
- Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate: Developing Technology to Protect America
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. In response to a congressional mandate and in consultation with Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the National Academy conducted a review of S&T’s effectiveness and efficiency in addressing homeland security needs. This review included a particular focus that identified any unnecessary duplication of effort, and opportunity costs arising from an emphasis on…
- FEMA’s Integration of Preparedness and Development of Robust Regional Offices
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. In October 2006, Congress enacted major legislation to reform the function and organization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the recognized failures in preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina. The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA) focused national preparedness responsibilities within FEMA and directed additional resources and responsibilities to…
- Governance Challenges and the Financial Crisis: Seven Key Questions
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. In the midst of a global economic crisis, the federal government responded on an unprecedented scale and scope, with injections of trillions of dollars into financial markets, infusions of cash to troubled industries, state and local governments, and people in need. Government is employing tools in ways never before considered and inventing new tools, in the hope of stabilizing the economy and spurring economic recovery…
- Strengthening America’s Best Idea: An Independent Review of the National Park Service’s Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. NRSS requested that an independent panel of the National Academy conduct a review of its effectiveness in five core functions, its relationships with key internal stakeholders, and its performance measurement system. Among other things, the National Park Service’s Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate (NRSS) is responsible for providing usable natural and social science information throughout the…
- Managing at the Speed of Light: Improving Mission-Support Performance
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. The House and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees requested this study to help DOE’s three major mission-support organizations improve their operations to better meet the current and future needs of the department. The passage of the Recovery Act only increased the importance of having DOE’s mission-support offices working in the most effective, efficient, and timely manner as…
- A National Dialogue on Health Information Technology and Privacy
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. Increasingly, government leaders recognize that solving the complex problems facing America today will require more than simply keeping citizens informed. Meeting challenges like rising health care costs, climate change and energy independence requires increased level of collaboration. Traditionally, government agencies have operated in silos — separated not only from citizens, but from each other, as well. Nevertheless,…
- The National Dialogue on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. Six years after its creation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) undertook the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) to inform the design and implementation of actions to ensure the safety of the United States and its citizens. This review, mandated by the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007, represents the first comprehensive examination of the homeland security strategy of the…
- Putting Community First: A Promising Approach to Federal Collaboration for Environmental Improvement: An Evaluation of the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Demonstration Program
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. This report is an independent evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Demonstration Program, a community-driven process that uses the best available data to help communities set priorities and take action on their greatest environmental risks. CARE fosters local partnerships that seek participation from business, government, organizations, residents…
- United We Ride National Dialogue
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. The Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) asked the National Academy of Public Administration and Easter Seals Project ACTION to develop and host the first United We Ride (UWR) National Dialogue. The goal of the Dialogue was to help shape future policy direction and provide input to the next CCAM strategic plan. The National Academy also assembled a small work group with representatives of the Federal…
- A Worker Dialogue: Improving Health Safety and Security at DOE
Contributing organization(s): National Academy of Public Administration. During the summer of 2010, the Department of Energy Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) partnered with the National Academy of Public Administration to host an online dialogue to solicit ideas from front line union workers at DOE sites on how to improve worker safety across the DOE complex. Based on the results of the Dialogue, an expert Panel of the National Academy identified several themes that emerged from…
