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Iraq Civil Service Curriculum Development

Client/Funder:

Management Systems International (MSI)/USAID

Purpose and Scope:

The Academy has received a subcontract from MSI, Inc., to develop short courses and curriculum for the civil service in Iraq under funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  Curriculum development under the Iraq project falls in two general areas, public management and IT management.  The courses will be three to four days in length and cover such fields as financial management, leadership, IT management, human resources, communications, project management and the like. Courses are targeted to everyone from front line supervisors through senior management. Course development will take place in the United States, although there be some travel to Iraq for one or two weeks.  The proposed Panel will oversee and guide this project.

Project Director:

Myra Shiplett

Panel:

The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.

Project Panel:

Alfred Zuck*, Chair — Emeritus Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Residence, American University. Former Executive Director, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Associate Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Assistant Secretary of Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; Director of Federal Programs, President's Council on Youth Opportunity.

Enid Beaumont* — Adjunct Professor, George Mason University. Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Administration (Washington, DC); Former Chief of Party, Macedonia Project, Director, Academy for State and Local Government; Vice President, National Academy of Public Administration; Executive Director, National Institute of Public Affairs; Director, Public Administration Program, New York University; Assistant Administrator, Human Resources Administration, New York City; Personnel Administrator, Agency for International Development; Manager, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Personnel Administrator, State of Hawaii.

Valerie A. Lemmie* — Commissioner, Ohio Public Utilities Commission; Former Scholar-in-Residence, The Charles F. Kettering Foundation;  City Manager, City of Cincinnati Ohio; City Manager, City of Dayton, Ohio; City Manager, City of Petersburg, Virginia; Director, Department of Environmental Services, City of Arlington, Virginia; Assistant Professor, Howard University. Former positions with the Government of the District of Columbia: Deputy Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs; Assistant to the Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs.  Former Project Director, Minority Business Development Services, One America, Inc; Special Assistant, Office of Business and Economic Development; Financial Policy Analyst/Course Manager, Office of Comptroller, Labor Department (on assignment from Kansas City, Missouri).

Robert Shea* — Associate Director for Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Former Counsel to the Controller, Office of Management and Budget; Counsel, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate; Legislative Director, Office of Representative Pete Sessions; Special Assistant/Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, U.S. House of Representatives.

Terence A. Todman* — Former Ambassador to Argentina; Ambassador to Denmark; Ambassador to Spain; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Ambassador to Costa Rica; Ambassador to Togo; Ambassador to Chad; Ambassador to Guinea, U.S. Department of State.

Costis Toregas* — President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute. Former President, Vice President, Program Director, Public Technology, Inc.; Consultant, Doxiadis Systems Development Corporation.

* Academy Fellow

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Academy Experts Recommend Strategies for Managing Effectively in Post-9/11 World

“The events of September 11, 2001 revealed serious deficiencies in government organization, systems and management. National Academy of Public Administration Fellows recommend strategies to manage effectively in a post-9/11 world in Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for More Effective Government, published this month.

The book, edited by Fellow Thomas H. Stanton, tackles a wide range of issues, including designing an organization that provides a strong government capacity to deliver services citizens need and deserve; making the Undersecretary for Management a key linchpin in bringing DHS functions together; restoring the President’s capacity to manage effectively; using the imperative of national security to improve federal, state and local relations especially with critical services like police, fire and health; capitalizing on tested and proven management strategies to surmount new and upcoming challenges for our nation; sorting through constitutional alternatives for holding government contractors accountable for the work they perform; and transforming military personnel system policies to avoid staffing crises during the War on Terror.

“This book provides invaluable insights and recommendations on how to improve government organization and performance as our nation faces new and imposing threats here and abroad,” Academy President Howard Messner said.

Buy “Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for More Effective Government”

The views expressed in this book are those of the Fellow. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Academy as an institution.


 

 

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