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Financial Analysis and Organization Study (posted 3/7/2003)

Client/Funder:

Presidio Trust

Purpose and Scope:

The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee and the Presidio Trust asked the National Academy of Public Administration to review the Trust's finance and business management practices. The Academy's study will include the following:

  • A review of the Trust's current financial plans and budgetary projections.
  • An evaluation of the economic and financial assumptions used to develop the projections.
  • An assessment of the effectiveness of the current organizational structure, including the internal alignment of policy and operational responsibilities between the Board and staff.
  • An evaluation of the Trust's current financial authorities, their adequacy for meeting all of the Trust's statutory missions.

Center:

Management Studies

Project Director:

Kenneth Ryder

Project Status:

Ongoing

Panel:

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.

Jane G. Pisano (91), (Chair) - President and Director, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Former Senior Vice President, External Relations and C. Erwin and Lone L. Piper Dean, School of Public Administration, University of Southern California; President, The 2000 Partnership; President, Los Angeles 2000 Committee; Director, Olympic Programs, Corporate Administration, The Times Mirror Company.

Robert C. Bobb (95) - City Manager, City of Oakland, California. Former City Manager, City of Richmond, Virginia; City Manager, City of Santa Ana, California; City Manager, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Alan L. Dean (68) - Consultant. Former Vice President for Administration, U.S. Railway Association; Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; Associate Administrator for Administration, Federal Aviation Agency.

Royce Hanson (85) - Visiting Professor, Policy Science Graduate Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County. Former Professor and Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas; Associate Dean and Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Senior Staff Officer, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; Chairman, Montgomery County (Maryland) Planning Board; Chairman, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

William G. Hamm (83) - Managing Director, LECG. Former Principal, Law & Economics Consulting Group, Inc.; Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Vice President, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco; Vice President, World Savings and Loan; Legislative Analyst, State of California; Deputy Associate Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

* Not an Academy Fellow


Meetings:

Meeting 1: May 6, 2003 in San Francisco (posted 3/7/03)
Meeting 2: July 10, 2003 in San Francisco (posted 6/20/03)
Meeting 3: September 15, 2003 in San Francisco (posted 9/9/03)
Meeting 4: November 19, 2003 in Washington, DC (posted 10/23/03)

For information on panel meetings, please contact Marty Ditmeyer at mditmeyer@napawash.org.

 

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Academy Fellow Tackles
the Ethics of Dissent

Guerrillas in government are all around us, writes Academy Fellow Rosemary O’Leary in her new book, “The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government.” The term “guerrilla government” describes career public servants who work against the wishes of their superiors which, O’Leary states, happens more than we may realize in government’s bureaucracy.

O’Leary says guerrillas often choose to remain “in the closet,” moving clandestinely behind the scenes, such as “Deep Throat” or the DMV clerk who deliberately slows the processing of a driver’s license application. Guerrilla dissent is carried out by those who are dissatisfied with the actions of public organizations, programs—or by people who choose not to go public with their concerns.

Ultimately, O’Leary found in her research that public servants and managers could benefit from addressing guerrilla activity. She says they should carefully listen to the creative ideas of these dissenters, even encourage debate, so that constructive changes in the system can be made.

Buy “The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government”.


 

 

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