Kicking the Oxymoron Out of ""Government Productivity""

Current demographic trends point to an increasingly bleak fiscal situation for federal, state and local governments. In the decades ahead, citizens will face higher taxes and fewer, lower-quality services, as well as the need to finance the baby boomers' retirement. That is, unless government executives step up to meet this challenge. As Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mark Warner is at the forefront of this effort. He has tackled these issues directly by establishing a special commission on government efficiency in his state and pushing for legislation to streamline and redesign key government agencies and activities. What are the lessons from this three year project in Virginia? What other government entities are attempting to tackle these issues? What's working? What isn't?

Participants

• Mark R. Warner
  Governor of Virginia


• Ted Halstead
  President, New America Foundation


• Matthew Miller
  Columnist, Fortune and author of The Two Percent Solution


• Lenny Mendonca
  Chairman, McKinsey Global Institute


• Thomas Dohrmann
  Principal, McKinsey & Company