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Lately I have been talking to a number of policy makers in the U.S. and in other countries who are facing public sector cuts. Many of them utter words to the effect of “Even if we know a new initiative will work we can’t launch anything during a period of fiscal retrenchment”. A related sentiment [...]
Archive for the ‘Public management’ Category
September 6th, 2010
August 28th, 2010
Category: Public management
If rude clerks at the DMV “undermine democracy,” then aren’t the cable companies an argument for socialism?
August 27th, 2010
“She was a fat, resentful woman. The kind who is always behind the counter at the DMV when you need to renew your registration” –P.J. O’Rourke, A Parliament of Whores “There are days when we don’t let the line move at all” –Patty and Selma, The Simpsons I generally ignored the protestors with the “Obama-is-a-Radical-Muslim-with-a-crazy-Baptist-preacher-in-Chicago” [...]
August 18th, 2010
Category: Education policy, Public management
The Los Angeles Unified School District has kicked the hornet’s nest of teaching quality assurance by proposing to publish a list of six thousand teachers’ students’ gains and losses on a statewide test in English and math. The exercise is considerable because it turns out performance is not random but for many teachers, strongly correlated [...]
July 17th, 2010
Category: Affordable Care Act, Public management
The National HIV/AIDS strategy was released on Tuesday. The plan deserved greater appreciation and scrutiny than it got.
July 6th, 2010
The Berwick recess appointment will be evaluated through a partisan lens. It’s deeper than that. Too many obviously qualified people are caught in the confirmation process. I hope Democratic and Republican presidents do recess appointments more often.
July 6th, 2010
Category: 2010 Democratic Agenda, Health Care, Macroeconomic Policy, Policy briefs, Public management, The Dysfunctional Senate
There’s an easy way to improve health care, improve the national economy, help out the states, and tell Mitch McConnell to stuff it. What could be bad?
February 2nd, 2010
If Democrats rejoice just because federal agencies are doing their jobs, then the terrorists win.
October 21st, 2009
The Pentagon’s excuse for opposing Al Franken’s anti-rape amendment doesn’t pass the laugh test.
