Rutgers, State University of New
Jersey, Campus at Newark
Graduate Department of Public Administration
National Center for Public Productivity
- Council for Excellence in Government
- "Founded in 1983, the Council is a nonprofit organization of more than 750 members, or Principals, throughout the country who have served as senior public officials and now hold leadership roles in a wide range of corporate and other private sector organizations. In pursuing its mission to improve the performance of government, the Council carries out long-term programs directed at two principal goals. These are to strengthen results-oriented management and creative leadership in the public sector, and to increase public understanding, confidence, and participation in government. The organization's past successes have brought growing opportunities for the bold and imaginative use of Council assets and experience in a broader field of action. The Council's prime strengths are the background and credibility of its members; its nonpartisan approach; and its long-term commitment to its mission."
- The Innovations Group
- "The Innovation Groups is a nonprofit organization with a membership base of city, town, and county governments. Currently, over 370 jurisdictions are members of The Innovation Groups in 18 states. Membership fees are based on the size of the city/county population and everyone on staff is then entitled to many beneficial services from The Innovation Groups."
- National Academy of Public Administration
- "Since its founding in 1967, the Academy has pursued a single, broad mission: to improve the nation's capacity for public management and administration. The more than 400 projects completed by the Academy share a common theme: a focus on management and on the capacities of institutions to accomplish their missions."
- American Society for Quality Control
- "ASQC is a society of individual and organizational members dedicated to the ongoing, development, advancement, and promotion of quality concepts, principles, and techniques. That's the official line. But don't get the idea ASQC is just for quality engineers or auditors. ASQC has products, services, and--most of all--information to help people in all walks of life grapple with perplexing issues like total quality management, benchmarking, productivity, and more. ASQC was founded in 1946 with the merger of several local quality societies scattered across the United States. These groups were formed to share information about statistical quality control after classes on that subject were held during World War II to improve and maintain the quality of defense materials."
- American Public Welfare Association
- "Founded in 1930, APWA is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of individuals and agencies concerned with human services. Our members include all state and many territorial human service agencies, more than 1,200 local and federal agencies, and several thousand individuals who work in or otherwise have an interest in human service programs. APWA educates members of Congress, the media, and the broader public on what is happening in the states around welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly."
- American Society for Public Administration
- "The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), established in 1939, is the largest and most prominent, professional association in the field of public administration. With a diverse membership composed of more than 12,000 practitioners, teachers and students, ASPA has emerged as the focal point for intellectual and professional interaction, thereby serving as the principal arena for linking thought and practice within the field of public administration."
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- "The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) encourages excellence in research, teaching, and practice in the field of public policy analysis and management. APPAM operates through its annual fall and spring conferences, a newsletter, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). APPAM's membership includes individual and institutional members, practitioners, scholars and students."
- The Alliance for Redesigning Government
- "The Alliance was founded in 1993 by a non-partisan coalition of leaders. Our goal: build an information network for people making government work. Based in Washington, D.C., we're part of the Congressionally chartered National Academy of Public Administration, an established non-profit dedicated to improving government at all levels."
- Vice President Gore's National Performance Review
- "The National Performance Review is the Clinton-Gore Administration's initiative to reform the way the federal government works. Its goal is to create a government that 'works better and costs less.' Begun in the early days of the Administration, and with Vice President Al Gore at its helm, the Review has operated the duration of the Administration through several phases of initiatives." Searchable; large quantity of Best Practices material.
- Interagency Benchmarking and Best Practices Council
- "A U.S. Government sponsored resource for collecting and sharing information and knowledge on benchmarking, best practices and related topics via the World Wide Web."
- U.S. Department of Labor, Best Practices Clearinghouse
- "Essentially, this Clearinghouse is a centralized database and a resource where Department of Energy contractors and Federal employees can share Best Practices, Pilot Programs, Innovative Approaches and Lessons Learned in the areas of property and procurement. It is not our intent to mandate specific methods or procedures, but to provide a resource and a service to the Field and contractor purchasing and property management community. Hopefully, this sharing of ideas will help us to do our jobs better and more efficiently so as to provide more timely and complete mission support to our program customers. "
- Best Practices Club Homepage
- "The Best Practice Club is a network of over 500 for-profit and public sector organizations, located in 25 countries, which share the belief that they can achieve organizational excellence by pooling resources, sharing information and learning from each others' experiences."
- UNDP'S MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE DIVISION
- "The Management Development and Governance Division (MDGD), formerly the Management Development Programme (MDP), was established in 1988 to backstop UNDP's efforts to strengthen national capacities for sound governance and management development. The principle task of MDGD is to provide support to the UNDP Country Offices. In order to achieve this objective, the Division, first and foremost, provides support for programme design and development, substantive monitoring and backstopping of projects and programmes, and for carrying out regular project and programme evaluations. The Division has access to specialist bsources of experience in this broad area of governance and public management and can therefore provide state-of-the-art knowledge and substantive leadership."
- International Benchmarking Clearinghouse (IBC), American Productivity & Quality Center
- "The American Productivity & Quality Center is in the business of improving your organization through education, training, benchmarking services, action research, networking opportunities, publications, and other media. We are primarily a member-based organization, but most of our products and services are available to nonmembers."
- The U. S. Conference of Mayors
- National Conference of State Legislatures: NCSLnet -- The Electronic Information Network for State Legislatures
- "The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. The Conference is a source for research, publications, consulting services, meetings and seminars. It is the national conduit for lawmakers to communicate with one another and share ideas. The Conference is an effective and respected voice for the states in Washington, D.C., representing their interests before Congress, the administration and federal agencies."
- Local Government Network
- Best Manufacturing Practice
- "BMP is a joint effort of the U.S. Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Maryland at College Park Engineering Research Center."
- National Association of Towns and Townships
- ASQC Public Sector Network
- Acquisition Reform Network
- Contains a page called "Acquisition Best Practices":
"The Acquisition Reform Network is an enterprise created to foster and propagate measurable breakthrough improvements in the way that government obtains goods and services." - National Association of Towns and Townships
- National Governors Association (NGA)
- Counsil on State Government
- National Civic League
- The Electronic Policy Network
- "Welcome to THE ELECTRONIC POLICY NETWORK, providing you with timely information and leading ideas about national policy and politics. "
- National League of Cities
- "The National League of Cities (NLC) is the country's largest and most representative organization serving municipal governments. Founded in 1924 as the American Municipal Association by ten state municipal leagues, today its direct members include 49 state municipal leagues and more than 1,400 communities of all sizes. Through the membership of the state municipal leagues, NLC represents more than 17,600 municipalities."
- Public Service Excellence Awards
- Information about and entry form for Public Services Excelence Awards.
- NCPP EXSL Awards Programs
- Innovations in American Government Awards Program
- "The Innovations Program strives to identify and celebrate outstanding examples of creative problem-solving in the public sector. Since its inception in 1986, the Program has recognized 180 innovative programs, which have received $12 million in Ford Foundation grants. (No awards were made in 1989.) Of these programs, 105 have received $100,000 grants, and 75 have received $20,000 grants, which were first awarded in 1992."