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In this book, Paul Lawrence and Mark Abramson build on their extensive interviews with 42 Obama Administration political executives over the past four years. Political executives from numerous federal agencies were interviewed about the challenge of managing in government and the activities undertaken by their agencies.

Succeeding as a Political Executive: Fifty Insights from Experience is based on the real-life experience of 64 high-level executives who served in the Obama Administration. Most were at the agency head level. From 2009 to 2015, the authors conducted a series of interviews with these individuals, gaining insights into running government organizations. This book is aimed at those interested in the transition of power to the next presidential administration starting in 2017.

In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, ""was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered services grew significantly as part of the New Deal."" This newest volume in the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government series is an invaluable guide to navigating the sometimes controversial changes taking place in the internal operations of government, the delivery of services to citiz

Managing for results : cutting-edge challenges facing government leaders in 2002 /John M. Kamensky and Mark A. Abramson --Corporate strategic planning in government : lessons from the United States Air Force /Colin Campbell --Challenge of developing cross-agency measures : a case study of the Office of National Drug Control Policy /Patrick J. Murphy and John Carnevale --Using evaluation to support performance management : a guide for federal executives /Kathryn E. Newcomer and Mary Ann Scheirer --Managing for outcomes : milestone contracting in Oklahoma /Peter Frumkin --Using performance data for accountability : the New York City Police Department's CompStat model of police management /Paul E. O'Connell --Potential of the Government Performance and Results Act as a tool to manage third-party government /David G. Frederickson.