American University

• Scorecard adds heat to insourcing debate

  A coalition of businesses, associations and citizen groups rate members of Congress on how they voted on bills that promote or hurt private sector companies and forces industry to compete with the government. But some experts say the business coalition is taking a too narrow view of what the government does.

  Management

  October 29, 2010
• Financial management systems in need of upgrade

  Bob Tobias, director of public sector executive education at American University, argues for the upgrade and investment in the federal government\'s financial management systems and points out the reasons those changes aren\'t happening.

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  October 11, 2010
• Analysis: “Greening of Government” survey

  American University Director of Sustainability Chris O\'Brien analyzes the Federal News Radio \"Greening the Government\" survey.

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  October 06, 2010
• Column: The green office castle

  Chris O\'Brien is the director of sustainability at American University in Washington. He offers some advice for federal workers who want to green their offices. O\'Brien said to go easy dishing out the guilt and instead serve up solutions that make work easier and more efficient, and heap the praise on everyone who helps.

  Facilities/Construction

  October 05, 2010
• How to make federal management more effective

  Getting good results from your team is becoming more important with the administration\'s emphasis on results.

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  May 06, 2010
• Transparency Conference

  President Obama has made openness and transparency a cornerstone of his administration. And a new office whose genesis was in the Bush Administration is expected to help federal agencies fulfill that goal. FederalNewsRadio’s Max Cacas…

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  January 29, 2009