CICERO PERSPECTIVE Optimizing Government Operations: Embracing Lean Principles for Efficiency and Impact What to consider For more than twenty years, Lean principles have enabled
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How Big Data is Fixing Government How Big Data is Fixing Government In the midst of repeated news stories about government data collection and what
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Cracking the Code of Effective Transformation Cracking the Code of Effective Transformation An old Italian proverb states, “Between saying and doing is half the ocean”—and
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Education Must Be Legislature's Highest Priority Education Must Be Legislature's Highest Priority As we encounter a range of diverse challenges in our state and
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Legislature Should Empower Educators to Excel Legislature Should Empower Educators to Excel One of the most difficult challenges for virtually any leader is effectively
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The Continuing U.S. Fiscal Crisis The Continuing U.S. Fiscal Crisis Last month’s newsletter addressed some of the factors that contributed to the fiscal cliff.
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The Sequester The Sequester In 2011, Washington lawmakers put pressure on themselves to balance the national budget by establishing $1.2 trillion in mandatory cuts
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US Income Disparity US Income Disparity In the last three decades, wealthy households in the United States have earned a proportionally-larger share of the
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Rising Healthcare Costs: The Tapeworm of the U.S. Economy Ballooning healthcare costs are overwhelming the U.S. economy. In the past 30 years, healthcare spending
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A Tale of Two Economies A Tale of Two Economies The beginning of a new year often prompts us to set goals for improving
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