20170330-2017 Annual Meeting with Paul Light

ASPA NCAC March 2, 2017

National Academy of Public Administration offices · 1600 K Street NW · Suite 400 · Washington, DC 20006
Entrance on 16th St.

5:30 – 6:00pm Informal Networking

6:00pm – 6:45pm Keynote Speaker

6:45pm – 7:30pm Awards and Chapter Business Meeting

2017 Annual Meeting with Keynote Speaker Paul Light, Ph.D.

Thursday, March 30, 2017 • 5:30-7:30pm

Keynote Address with Q&A
Dr. Light will be talking about what the new administration can do to address the longstanding ills of the bureaucracy as it strives to meet campaign promises. Dr. Light’s two most recent books, Government by Investigations: President, Congress, and the Search for Answers, 1945-2012 and A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It? will backdrop his talk.

Dr. Paul C. Light is NYU Wagner’s Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service, Before joining NYU, Dr. Light served as the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, founding director of its Center for Public Service, and vice president and director of the Governmental Studies Program. Dr. Light is the author of 25 books, including works on social entrepreneurship, the nonprofit sector, federal government reform, public service, and the baby boom. A Government Ill Executed received the American Political Science Association’s Herbert Simon Award for the most important book on public administration in the preceding three-to-five years upon publication. Dr. Light is also a co-author of a best-selling American government textbook, Government by the People.

Awards Ceremony & Chapter Business Meeting
After Dr. Light’s keynote discussion, we will hold an annual awards ceremony, announcing the winners for:

National Capital Area Chapter Award for Outstanding Service
This award is given to a member of the National Capital Area Chapter of ASPA who demonstrates outstanding service to the chapter.

The Frances Kelsey Award
This award is named for Dr. Frances Kelsey, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration employee who resisted pressure to approve Thalidomide, and thus prevented countless birth defects. This award will be given to a person who has demonstrated courage in promoting the public interest while employed in government, contractors or grantees.

Following the awards, we shall have a short business meeting. This will include a member vote to ratify changes to the ASPA NCAC By-Laws. The By-Laws with proposed changes are available for review here. Please send any feedback to the NCAC board at aspa.ncac@gmail.com.

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20161115 – Ira Goldstein – Fed Management Playbook – booktalk

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Partnership for Public Service • 1100 New York Ave NW • Suite 200 Board Room • Washington, DC 20005

5:30pm – 6:00pm: Informal Networking
6:00pm – 7:30pm: Speaker discussion with Q&A

The Federal Management Playbook: Leading and Succeeding in the Public Sector, a booktalk with author Ira Goldstein.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 • 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Stories of government management failures often make the headlines, but quietly much gets done as well. What makes the difference? In his latest publication, Ira Goldstein offers wisdom about how to lead and succeed in the federal realm, based on his decades of experience with two major government consulting firms and as a member of the US Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service.*

The Federal Management Playbook coaches the importance of always keeping four key concepts in mind when planning for success: goals, stakeholders, resources, and time frames. The book packages activities around three strategic phases: create your offense, execute effectively, and play a smart defense. Its chapters address how to effectively motivate government employees, pick the right technologies, communicate and negotiate with powerful stakeholders, manage risks, get value from contractors, foster innovation, and more. Additional tips describe how career civil servants and political appointees can get the most from one another, advise consultants on providing value to government, and help everyone better manage ever-present oversight.*

The Federal Management Playbook is a must-read for anyone working in the government realm and for students who aspire to work in public service.*

*Deloitte

Click here for a downloadable event flyer (pdf).

Ira Goldstein is a founder and former director of Deloitte’s US Federal Practice, providing consulting and advisory services to large federal agencies and departments. He previously held the position in the federal government of the US Assistant Comptroller General and Chief Operating Officer of the US Government Accountability Office.**

**Georgetown University Press

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20160927 – Don Kettl – Escaping Jurassic Government – booktalk

ASPA NCAC July 18, 2016

Partnership for Public Service • 1100 New York Ave NW • Suite 200 Board Room • Washington, DC 20005

5:30pm – 6:00pm: Informal Networking
6:00pm – 7:30pm: Speaker discussion with Q&A

Escaping Jurassic Government, a booktalk with author Dr. Donald Kettl

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 • 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Learn why big government is not the problem from Professor Kettl and hear strategies to move away from the gridlock fights over government size and scope.

“The Progressive government movement, founded on support from Republicans and Democrats alike, reined in corporate trusts and improved the lives of sweatshop workers. It created modern government, from the Federal Reserve to the nation’s budgetary and civil service policies, and most of the programs on which we depend.

Ask Americans today and they will tell you that our government has hit a wall of low performance and high distrust, with huge implications for governance in the country. Instead of a focus on government effectiveness, the movement that spawned the idea of government for the people has become known for creating a big government disconnected from citizens. Donald F. Kettl finds that both political parties have contributed to the decline of the Progressive ideal of a commitment to competence. They have both fed gridlock and created a government that does not work the way citizens expect and deserve.

Kettl argues for a rebirth of the original Progressive spirit, not in pursuit of bigger government but with a bipartisan dedication to better government, one that works on behalf of all citizens and that delivers services effectively. He outlines the problems in today’s government, including political pressures, proxy tools, and managerial failures. Escaping Jurassic Government details the strategies, evidence, and people that can strengthen governmental effectiveness and shut down gridlock.”*

*Brookings

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Dr. Donald Kettl is a professor and former dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. As an authority on the management of public organizations, he is the author and editor of twelve books, a regular columnist in Governing, appeared on national television shows, and frequently testifies for Congress. He advised the White House for both Republican and Democrat administrations and consulted for numerous federal agencies. Dr. Kettl has earned many awards, including recognition for outstanding contributions to research, teaching, outreach, and scholarship within public administration and political science.

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