Jonathan C. Tucker

Jon Tucker is a Senior Research Analyst at the Academy with over seven years of experience working on projects with a range of federal agencies, including: advising NOAA on the design of a Climate Service; assessing HUD’s IT resources management; reviewing the organization and management of the Coast Guard’s headquarters intelligence component; assessing R&D investment decision-making processes at DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate; helping NOAA prepare for an OMB assessment of habitat-related programs; assisting NIH staff teams with a management assessment of the National Institut

How Will Government Adapt?: Introduction and Overview

The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization chartered by Congress in 1967 to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent organizations. Its 800 Fellows -- who include former cabinet officers, Members of Congress, governors, mayors, and state legislators, as well as prominent scholars, business executives, and public administrators – meet annually.

How Do You Do a Start-up in the Government? Lessons from Leaders

(Dan Blair, President of the National Academy of Public Administration, collaborated on this blog)

 

Mocking Public Service

Just in time for the national Public Service Recognition Week, Saturday Night Live aired a biting satire: “The 2010 Public Employee of the Year Award.” In the skit, several finalists for the award strut their stuff. For example, a fictitious Markeesha Odom says she helped lead her DMV team to ensure no one received a drivers license over the course of a full day!

TWOFER

A "twofer" is when you get two of something at once - sort of two for the price of one. That's what you would have gotten if you were at the National Press Club yesterday morning.

Sustaining Health Care Reform

Yesterday, I described how Eggers and O’Leary examined implementation of big government initiatives from a process perspective.

Health Care Reform Implementation (Part 1)

Government Executive’s Alyssa Rosenberg hits the nail on the head in her Fed Blog today, “How Health Care Would Be Run.” Her piece looks at the increased role of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Senate version of the bill. The House version has significant roles for other agencies as well, and creates a new independent agency, the Health Choices Administration.

Bottom-up Procurement Reform

There has been flood of memos and guidance on procurement reform coming out of the White House and OMB in recent months. But an open call for ideas was launched earlier this month via a collaborative project being undertaken by the General Service Administration, the National Academy of Public Administration, and a joint government/industry group called the American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council.