Updated Index: 250th Blog Entry

This is our 250^th blog entry!  Thanks to our many readers and contributors.  Here’s an updated index of the highlights of the past couple of years since we started this effort to track the 2008-2009 presidential transition effort.

Blogs on “The Big Picture” — Where Is Government Reform Going?

• Reflections on 21^st Century Government Management (04-01-07)
• GAO: A Call for Stewardship (12-27-07)
• The Next Government of the United States  (07-29-08)
• Four Models for Delivering Government Services (06-16-07)
• Drivers of the Next Management Agenda (06-03-08)
• An Overview of Different Principles and Values for Government Reform (08-07-08)
• What Does a 21^st Century Government Look Like? (10-14-08)
• 8 Steps to Effective Government: Breul (12-02-08)
• The Next Government: Donald Kettl (11-25-08)
• Collaborative Government: A New Report (03-17-09)

Blogs on What the Campaigns Said About Government Reform

• Clinton Management Proposals (05-18-07)
• Clinton vs. Obama on Leadership – Visionary vs. CEO (01-23-08)
• Obama Government Reform Proposals
  • Pre-Convention Summary (08-28-08)
  • Post-Convention – Wisconsin Speech (09-23-08)
  • Government Reform:  Senator Obama (Gov Exec Magazine Profile) (10-24-08))
• McCain Government Reform Proposals (09-02-08)
• Government Reform-Related Elements in the Democratic Platform (09-09-08)
• Government Reform-Related Elements in the Republican Platform (09-11-08)

Blogs on the History of Transitions

• The White House Transition Project – Update (05-23-08)
• Transition Lessons:  Pre- and Post-Election (05-06-08)
• Transition Advice from Experts (07-03-08)
• Transition 1976:  Jimmy Carter (02-19-08)
• Transition 1980:  Ronald Reagan (02-26-08)
• Transition 1988:  George H.W. Bush (03-03-08)
• Transition 1992:  Bill Clinton (03-11-08)
• Transition 2000:  George W. Bush (03-17-08)
• Revisiting the Political Appointment Process (08-28-07)
• Fixing the Nomination and Confirmation Process:  Part I (06-17-08)
• Fixing the Nomination and Confirmation Process:  Part II (06-19-08)

Blogs on the 2008 Transition:  Pre-Election

• Four Forces Affecting a Transition (11-06-07)
• Working With Career Executives (07-22-08)
• Budgeting During a Transition (12-04-07)
• Budgeting During a Transition (Video) (07-16-08)
• Agency Transition Efforts — Department of Labor (07-14-08)
• Agency Transition Efforts — Homeland Security (06-26-08)
• Agency Transition Efforts – National Security (04-29-08)
• Agency Transition Efforts — Defense Department (10-26-08)
• Role of General Services Administration (04-22-08)
• GSA Transition Funding Approved in Continuing Resolution (10-01-08)
• Senate Hearing on Transition (09-16-08)
• House Hearing on Transition, “Passing the Baton” (09-25-08)
• Obama Taps Transition Planner (07-06-08)
• McCain Taps Transition Planner (09-18-08)
• An Early Start (10-27-08)
•  GSA Transition Underway (10-28-08) 
• Getting Appointed:  Part I (OGE) (11-3-08)
• Getting Appointed: Part II (11-17-08)

Blogs on the 2008-2009 Transition:  Post-Election

• Transition Team Resource Guide (11-4-08)
• Top Transition Team Announced (11-5-08)
• Transition Off to a Fast Start (11-7-08)
• 2008 Plum Book Is Out! (11-12-08)
• Agency Parachute Team Land on Monday (11-12-08)
• Who Is on Agency Transition Teams? (11-14-08)
• The Transition MOU (11-14-08)
• How Are Things Going? (11-26-08)
• Getting Appointed:  Final Exam (12-01-08)
• Harnessing the Excitement to Serve (12-12-08)
• A View from Inside the Transition (01-30-09)
• Calm Before the Storm (01-19-09)
• The Day After (01-21-09)

 Blogs on The Bush Administration’s Transition-Out Activities

• The Performance Improvement Executive Order (11-27-07)
• Cementing the Bush Management Legacy (05-20-08)
• The Transition Preparation Memo to Agencies (08-19-08)
• The Transition Preparation Executive Order (10-09-08)
• Transition Coordination Council Meets (10-28-08)
• Clear the Decks (12-08-08)
• Late Bush Appointments (02-10-09)

Blogs on the Obama Transition:  The First 100 Days

• First 100 Days (02-13-09)
• Obama Sets the Tone (01-20-09)
• Delivering on Obama’s Promises (02-03-09)
• Holdovers, Acting, and Trickling In (01-26-09)
• Transparency and Open Government: Obama Style (01-27-09)
• Transparency and Open Government:  Congress-Style (01-28-09)
• Progress on Obama Transparency Efforts (03-03-09)
• Defining Key Roles, Reducing Confusion (02-05-09)
• Fiscal Responsibility Summit (02-24-09)
• Obama’s Developing a Routine (03-02-09)
• Government Reform:  Contracting Reform (03-05-09)
• Appointment Process:  Appointee Gridlock (02-18-09)
• Appointment Process:  Bogged Down (03-04-09)
• Staffing Progress in the Obama Administration (03-13-09)
• Tracking Obama Appointments (03-18-09)
• Obama Agency Visits (03-19-09)
• Follow Up to Fiscal Responsibility Summit (03-25-09)
• National Service Bill Enacted (04-06-09)
• Appointments:  Indignities and Progress (04-07-09)
• Appointments:  The Unchosen (04-08-09)
• Empty Desks (04-13-09)
• Pragmatic Approaches (04-14-09)
• Cutting $100 Million (04-21-09)
• Leaner Government (04-27-09)
• Changing Washington:  Obama’s First 100 Days (04-29-09)

 Post-100 Days:  Staff Transitions

• Presidential Appointee Orientation (06-11-09)
• Chief Performance Officer Jeff Zients (06-12-09)
• Status of Political Appointments:  June 2009 (06-17-09)

Blogs on Recovery Act Implementation

• Is the Vending Machine Broken? (02-09-09)
• Contracting:  The Chokepoint (02-17-09)
• Avoiding a Parallel Government (02-20-09)
• RAT Board Chair Named (02-23-09)
• Fast Action on Stimulus Implementation (03-12-09)
• Caution in Spending Stimulus Monies (03-23-09)
• Recovery Act Implementation (03-30-09)
• Recovery Act Implementation:  A State-Local View (05-19-09)
• Recovery Act Tracking (06-05-09)
• Recovery Act Tracking (06-23-09)

Blogs on Open Government Implementation

• Transparent Government: The Webinar! (03-16-09)
• Citizen Participation:  Advice to Obama (04-09-09)
• Survey on Transparency in Government (04-10-09)
• Transparency:  Promising Practices (05-14-09)
• The “New” Transparency (05-15-09)
• Open Government Directive? Not Yet! (05-21-09)
• What Is Transparency? (05-29-09)
• Open Government Dialogue:  Transparency (06-04-09)
• Open Government Directive:  Progress to Date (06-24-09)
• Transparency:  an IT Dashboard (06-30-09)

Blogs on New Administration Management Initiatives

• Obama Management Agenda Re-Cap (03-09-09)
• Using Czars and Commissions to Govern (03-20-09)
• Obama Names New CPO and CTO (04-20-09)
• High Performance Government (05-11-09)
• Human Capital Is Out, People Are In (06-02-09)
• Obama Tech Agenda (06-09-09)
• Performance Management: Obama Style (06-16-09)

Blogs on Management Ideas for the New Administration

a.  Getting Results/Governance

• Performance Budgeting (10-31-07)
• Presidential Performance Agreements (08-07-07)
• Citi-Stat, State-Stat, Fed-Stat (06-04-07)
• Creating National Strategies (06-28-07)
• Creating a Set of Key National Indicators (8-14-07)
• Reorganizing the Government (01-08-08)
• Weeding the Federal Garden (David Osborne) (11-11-08)  
• Line-by-Line (Reviewing Government Programs) (11-18-08) 
• Governing with Foresight (11-20-08)
• Rethinking Government:  A Commission? (12-17-08)
• Re-Designing Government (04-17-09) 

b.  Workforce

• Pay for Performance (09-18-07)
• Human Capital Agenda (10-25-07)
• Human Capital Agenda: Partnership for Public Service (06-24-08)
• Human Capital Roadmap:  Partnership for Public Service (10-01-08)
• Federal Workforce Recommendations (12-08-08) 
• Making Government Cool (04-22-09)
• Obama Workforce Agenda (05-20-09)

c.  Technology/Web 2.0

• From Web 2.0 to Government 2.0 (07-31-07)
• A Technology Agenda (11-13-07)
• Web 2.0 and Social Media (12-12-07)
• Blogging in Government (07-09-07)
• Using Web 2.0 in Obama Administration (12-04-08)  
• Advancing Technology:  Industry Recommendations (12-18-08)
• Priorities for Obama Tech Agenda (02-04-09)
• Web 2.0: White House and Whitehall Approaches (02-27-09)
• Using MAX for Governmentwide Collaboration (04-23-09)
• Web 2.0: Leading by Example (05-06-09)
• Data.gov Is Open for Business (05-26-09)
• Web 2.0: New Socialism? (05-26-09)
• Obama Tech Agenda (06-09-09) 

d.  Managing/Improving Performance

• The President’s Management Councils (09-04-07)
• Shared Services:  Getting the “Back Office” to Work (11-20-07)
• Encouraging Innovation (10-09-07)
• Chief Operating Officers – by Jonathan Breul (05-22-07)
• Chief Management Officers (12-18-07)
•  Performance Advice for Obama Administration (12-05-08)
• Preparing Presidential Appointees to Lead (12-15-08) 
• Advice to Chief Performance Officer (01-29-09)
• Legislating Good Performance (05-01-09)
• Anticipatory Governance (05-04-09)

e.  Engaging People

• Radical Transparency in Government Operations (05-25-07)
• Encouraging National Service (09-25-07)
• Engaging Citizens in Government (07-18-07)
• Engaging Citizens in Government (10-16-07)
• Piloting A National Dialogue (10-21-08)
• A New Report:  Engaging Citizens in Government (11-18-08) 

f.  Government Contracting

• Rethinking Government Contracting (02-25-09)

 Blogs on Advice for the New Team

• Working in the White House (12-19-08)
•  Leadership Advice (12-23-08)
• Lessons Learned:  Past Political Appointees (05-12-09)

Blogs on What Other Groups Are Doing

• Think Tanks, etc. – the Transition Players’ “Dance Card”
  • Think Tanks and Other Players – Transition 2008 – Part I (04-01-08)
  • Think Tanks and Other Players – Transition 2008 — Part II (04-09-08)
  • Wiki with Continual Updates
• Four New Websites on Transition (08-26-08)
• IBM Center’s New Transition Resources (10-06-08)
• Reforms from a Watchdog (POGO) (10-31-08)  
• GAO Transition Website Announced (11-608)  
• Brookings Launches Transition Website (11-10-08)    
• Change for America (Center for American Progress) (11-14-08)
• Role of Good Government Groups (02-02-09)