Transition and Public Administration Resource

The National Academy of Public Administration: "May 27, 2008—The May 2008 meeting of the Standing Panel on the Federal System featured a discussion on the intergovernmental management issues that the next Administration faces and potential roles that the Panel might play in the transition. The Academy was pleased to have two guest speakers share their experiences working in the White House Intergovernmental Affairs Office: Marcia Hale, former Assistant to President Clinton and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Maggie Grant, former Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs in the George W. Bush Administration. The meeting was also attended by senior leadership of the state and local government associations.

Iraqis have money but lack know-how in spending it - Yahoo! News

Iraqis have money but lack know-how in spending it - Yahoo! News: "BAGHDAD – Iraq's government has an unusual money problem as much of the world grapples with a credit crunch — it can't spend its oil riches fast enough.
The U.S. is trying to change that by training Iraqi bureaucrats struggling to emerge from a centralized system in which nearly all decisions — from where to build a water treatment plant to which workers would do the job — came from the top."

Here's another article of interest for Unit Two's paper and discussion.