President’s Chief Performance Officer to Speak at TPM-ASPA Conference (Alexandria, VA) October 21, 2009 – The Public Manager and the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) announce that Jeffrey Zients, Deputy Director for Management, US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the nation’s first Chief Performance Officer, appointed by President Obama, will speak on Strengthening Trust in Government at their upcoming conference in Washington, D.C. The conference, entitled “Strengthening Trust in Government: Opening Dialogues, Building Collaborations,” will be held November 2-3, 2009 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.  

Zients will be speaking about President Obama’s Management Agenda, a topic first covered in the winter 2008 issue of The Public Manager that addressed issues the next administration would face. Zients’ remarks will be included in an updated forum on the President’s Management Agenda, which will be featured in the winter 2009 issue of the journal to be published in mid-January 2010. 

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Hot off the presses! It is confirmed that Jeffrey Zients, the nation's first Chief Performance Officer, will be speaking at the upcoming conference hosted by The Public Manager and the American Society for Public Administration. The conference will be held November 2-3 in Washington, D.C. For more information on Zients, see the press release. To HEAR him speak, go to the conference. Register at www.thepublicmanager.org/2009conference. Early bird registration has been extended until October 30!

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