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• Rumsfeld's Revolution at Defense

  Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Rumsfeld announced his commitment to a revolution in military affairs in his 2001 confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In a harbinger of rhetoric to come, he not only refused to rule out another round of military base closings, but he also announced his intention to reform the military acquisition process, which he declared ill-suited "to meet the demands posed by an expansion of unconventional and asymmetrical threats in an era of rapid technological advances."

• Too Few Questions on Bolton and Leadership

  Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light; Newsday (5/15/05)

• Vacancies Remain Unfilled for Bush Subcabinet Positions

  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (02/17/05)

• Fact Sheet on the President's Domestic Agenda

  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Report by Paul C. Light (10/12/04)

• Fact Sheet on the Continued Crisis in Charitable Organizations

  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Paul C. Light, The Brookings Institution (9/13/04)

• Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of Government

  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Paul C. Light (7/23/04)

• Confidence in Charitable Organizations

  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (12/15/03)

• To Give or Not to Give: The Crisis of Confidence in Charities

  Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Reform Watch #7 by Paul C. Light. (December 2003)

• Size of Government

  Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (9/8/03)

• Fact Sheet on the New True Size of Government

  Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Fact Sheet by Paul Light, (9/5/03)

• Looking for the Future Leaders of Government? Don't Count on Presidential Management Interns

  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Working Paper by Judith Labiner (8/22/03)

• Presidential Appointee Reform

  Thu, 03 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (7/3/03)

• Next Steps in Human Capital Reform

  Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (6/4/03)

• The Class of 2003: A Spirit of Public Service

  Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:30:00 GMT

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  • June 03, 2003, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

• In Search of Public Service

  Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Report by Paul Light, June 2003

• The End Of the Civil Service?

  Fri, 09 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, The Washington Post (5/09/03)

• The Civil Service and National Security Personnel Improvement Act

  Mon, 05 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Paul Light testifies before the House Reform Committee on Civil Service and National Security Personnel Improvement Act

• The Human Capital Challenge: Offering Solutions and Delivering Results

  Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Hannah Sistare Testifed Before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia and House Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization

• Restoring the President's Reorganization Authority

  Thu, 03 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  On April 3, 2003, Paul Light testifies before the House Government Reform Committee.

• Prepared Testimony of Hannah S. Sistare Executive Director National Commission on The Public Service

  Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Hannah S. Sistare before the House Government Reform Committee Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization

• House Government Reform Committee Opens with Hearing on Commission Report

  Thu, 06 Mar 2003 10:00:00 GMT

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  • March 06, 2003 at 10:00 AM

• A Come-From-Behind Victory

  Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Government Executive, (Spring 2003)

• The Health of the Human Services Workforce

  Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  The Brookings Institution's Center for Public Service joined with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to announce research results regarding the condition of the human services workforce - the workforce of low-income serving child welfare, juvenile justice,

• Unleashing Reform

  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Paul Light discusses the debate caused by recent Defense Department e-mails which suggest the federal government's largest bureaucracy is about to ask Congress for the same hiring and firing freedoms the Homeland Security Department won.

• Mid-term Meltdown

  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, January 15, 2003

• Urgent Business for America

  Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:30:00 GMT

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  • January 07, 2003, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

• What Past and Potential Appointees Say

  Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony of Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, April 4, 2001

• Make It Easier to Say ""Yes""

  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, December 15, 2002

• Trust in Charitable Organizations

  Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Reform Watch Brief #6, by Paul Light (December 2002)

• Implementing Homeland Security

  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, on Weekend Edition, November 30, 2002

• Bush's Privatization Plan Irks Labor Leaders

  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Weekend Edition, November 17, 2002

• The Nonprofit Example; Find a way to make government more like a nonprofit, and it can only improve

  Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, November 2002

• The Content of their Character: The State of the Nonprofit Workforce

  Wed, 02 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Nonprofit Employees Lead Federal and Private Sector Workers in Motivation, Commitment, Sense of Mission, and Desire to Make a Difference, according to a report and survey by Paul C. Light (October 2002).

• Strikeout at INS

  Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, October 2002

• America's Path to Success

  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinon by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, in the Christian Science Monitor, September 10, 2002

• Earth to NASA

  Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, September 2002

• Profits Through Principles

  Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by Robert D. Haas (Fall 2002)

• Designing a New Federal Shop

  Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, in the Washington Post, August 6, 2002

• Department of Homeland Security: A Hollow Tribute

  Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director Center for Public Service, in Government Executive, August 2002

• A Hollow Tribute; The creation of the Homeland Security Department, government's largest reorganization since the Truman days, likely will be the most difficult to manage

  Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, in Government Executive, August 2002

• Senate Failing to Perform Crucial Consent Role

  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Carole M. Plowfield, Deputy Director, Presidential Appointee Initiative, in Roll Call, July 29, 2002

• Civil Service Protections

  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, July 26, 2002

• Congress' Chance to Change the FBI

  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, and Carole Plowfield, Deputy Director, Presidential Appointee Initiative, in The Hill, July 24, 2002

• Assessing the Role of the Customs Service in the New Department of Homeland Security

  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony Before the United States Senate Finance Committee, by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, July 16, 2002

• Public Hearings of The National Commission on the Public Service: A Time of Crisis and Opportunity

  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

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  • July 15, 2002 at 12:00 AM

• Show Us the Work

  Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive

• For Many Federal Workers, Job Remains Just a Paycheck

  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Instituion, in U.S.A Today, June 27, 2002

• The Troubled State of the Federal Public Service

  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Report by Paul C. Light on The Troubled State of the Federal Public Service

• A Workforce at Risk: The Troubled State of the Federal Public Service

  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:00:00 GMT

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  • June 27, 2002, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

• Assessing the Proposed Department of Homeland Security

  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the House Committee, Subcommittee on Civil Service, Census and Agency Organization

• Assessing the Department of Homeland Security

  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information

• Bureaucracy

  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Talk of the Nation, June 18, 2002

• Streamline the FBI

  Thu, 06 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Christian Science Monitor, on June 6, 2002

• Democracy on the Cheap

  Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, in Government Executive, June 1, 2002

• Off With Their Heads

  Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, May 2002

• A New Job for Tom Ridge

  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, and Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), in the Washington Post, April 24, 2002

• Strengthening the Office of Homeland Security

  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the Senate Judiciary Committee

• The Other March Madness -- Presidential Appointments

  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Christian Science Monitor on April 11, 2002

• The National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002

  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on April 11, 2002

• Bush Picks Wrong Time for Leadership Change at IRS

  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution

• IRS Reform: Unfinished Business

  Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive on April 1, 2002

• Blame Government Bloat for Immigration Snafus

  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in U.S.A Today on March 26, 2002

• Problems on the Potomac: How Relocation Policies for Presidential Appointees Can Help Win the Talent War

  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Presidential appointees are subject to less competitive relocation policies than those in the private sector reports Paul C. Light and Carole Plowfield in "Problems on the Potomac: How Relocation Policies for Presidential Appointees Can Help Win the Talent War."

• How Much is Enough? Setting Pay for Presidential Appointees

  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  "Current appointees receive salaries worth substantially less than the incomes earned by early Nixon administration appointees," states Brookings Senior Fellow Gary Burtless, author of a report, How Much is Enough? Setting Pay for Presidential Appointees.

• Presidential Appointees Pay a Price to Serve Their Country

  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:30:00 GMT

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  • March 22, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

• The Need for First-Step Reform

  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee On International Security, Proliferation, And Federal Services

• Shadow Government

  Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Morning Edition on March 6, 2002

• What Federal Employees Want From Reform

  Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Reform Watch Brief #5, by Paul C. Light (March 2002)

• Government's Next Great Achievements

  Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light in Roll Call, March 1, 2002

• Our Tottering Confirmation Process

  Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Commentary by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Public Interest, Spring2002

• Volcker Commission Press Briefing Transcript

  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

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  • February 13, 2002 at 12:00 AM

• Presidential Appointment Process

  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on WAMU's Public Interest

• The Incredible Shrinking Budget Office

  Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, January 1, 2002

• Government's Greatest Priorities of the Next Half Century

  Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  The federal government has been working to defend the nation, help veterans readjust, protect workers, build roads, enhance transportation, promote economic growth, and support the poor since the founding of the Republic. It is hardly likely to stop

• Bigger is Better

  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Commentary by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Morning Edition, November 12, 2001

• To Restore and Renew: Now is the Time to Rebuild the Federal Public Service

  Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Paul C. Light, Vice Presdient and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, November 2001

• Preparing a Workforce for War

  Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, November 1, 2001

• To Restore and Renew: A New Report on the State of the Federal Public Service

  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:30:00 GMT

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  • October 30, 2001, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

• A Vote of Renewed Confidence: How Americans View Presidential Appointees and Government in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Study Finds Public Confidence in Presidential Appointees Rising Dramatically in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks.

• Guests Debate Effectiveness of Homeland Security Office

  Tue, 09 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Inteview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on CNN's Crossfire, October 9, 2001

• The Bureaucratic Challenges Facing the New Homeland Security Agency

  Tue, 02 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview by NPR's Morning Edition with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Stuides, the Brookings Institution, on October 2, 2001

• A Vote of No Confidence: How Americans View Presidential Appointees

  Thu, 06 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  A new survey by The Presidential Appointee Initiative, reports that Americans are cynical about both the presidential appointments process, which they view as tortuously long and intrusive, and presidential appointees, whom they perceive as being selected for their campaign contributions.

• Leading by Example

  Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, September 1, 2001

• The Confirmation Crawl

  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Nearly seven months into the Bush administration, fewer than half of the Cabinet and sub-Cabinet vacancies in the government have been filled. Fast as they think they are going—and it is pretty fast by recent standards—the Senate and White House are still at least six months from finishing the long list of appointments.

• From Pentagons to Pyramids: Whacking at Bloat

  Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director in Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, July 1, 2001.

• ""Nonprofit-like"" Tongue Twister or Aspiration?

  Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Paul Light, Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Nonprofit Quarterly, July 2001

• Presidential Nominee's Bill of Rights

  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:30:00 GMT

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  • June 14, 2001, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

   

• Appointments Apocalypse

  Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light in The Roll Call, May 14, 2001

• Big Bureaucracy

  Thu, 10 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, in The Washington Times, May 10, 2001

• Why Political Jobs Stay Empty

  Mon, 07 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in USA Today, May 7, 2001

• The Jurassic Park of Reform

  Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, May 1, 2001

• Fix Appointments Process

  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12, 2001

• The Breaking Down of Presidential Appointments

  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Chicago Tribune, April 11, 2001

• Disclosure of Presidential Library

  Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony of Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Instituion, before the House Subcommittee On Government Efficiency, Financial Management, And Intergovernmental Relations, April 5, 2001

• The Glacial Pace of Presidential Appointments

  Wed, 04 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2001

• Harbingers of a Troubled Future

  Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, April 1, 2001

• It's the Layers, Not the Numbers, That Count

  Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in USA Today, February 5, 2001

• Political Hacks v. Bureaucrats: Can't Public Servants Get Some Respect?

  Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Spring 2001)

• Requiem for Reinvention

  Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, February 1, 2001

• Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments

  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

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  • January 10, 2001 at 12:00 AM