Martin O’Malley, then the governor of Maryland, ran a meeting of StateStat, the state version of the performance management program he had created as mayor of Baltimore. “Stat” management programs, ...

Within the next two weeks, federal agencies must select a senior political official to serve as chief operating officer, according to Office of Management and Budget guidance on implementing a new law ...

In Certainty, a new book by retired CIA Chief of HR Mike Mears, the preface includes a brief story about a call from the agency’s deputy director, who asked, “Mike, why is it that when I pull the ...

In August 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Government Performance and Results Act, a pioneering piece of legislation that required federal agencies to create strategic plans, set annual goals ...