Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood
by National Academy of Public Administration
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Merit- and Skills-Based Hiring and What's Next For Government Workforce Management with Fellow Steve Krauss and Gabe Menchaca of the Niskanen Center
Jun 15, 2026
29m 42s
Leading With Courage with Acquisition Experts Soraya Correa and Greg Giddens
Jun 1, 2026
17m 37s
Big Changes Mean Big Challenges for Shared Services and Government HR with Academy Fellow Brodi Fontenot and OPM's Rebecca Ayers
May 18, 2026
25m 29s
Executive Power and Civil Service Reform with Adam White and Clark Kelso
May 4, 2026
34m 48s
Budgeting is Policy, or How Government is like 'The Matrix' with Teri Gullo and Karl Maschino
Apr 20, 2026
28m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/15/26 | Merit- and Skills-Based Hiring and What's Next For Government Workforce Management with Fellow Steve Krauss and Gabe Menchaca of the Niskanen Center | Host James-Christian Blockwood discusses government performance and HR systems with Gabe Menchaca of the Niskanen Center and Academy Fellow and Government HR expert Steve Krauss. Menchaca summarizes a Niskanen-Academy study describing wide variation in state civil service models, limited scholarship on state HR, and mixed early results from skills-based hiring due to assessment and measurement bottlenecks and inconsistent time-to-hire metrics. Kraussand Menchaca distinguish nonpar... | 29m 42s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | Leading With Courage with Acquisition Experts Soraya Correa and Greg Giddens✨ | federal acquisitiongovernment missions+3 | Soraya CorreaGreg Giddens | National Industries for the BlindUS Department of Homeland Security+2 | — | federal acquisitionprocurement+5 | — | 17m 37s | |
| 5/18/26 | Big Changes Mean Big Challenges for Shared Services and Government HR with Academy Fellow Brodi Fontenot and OPM's Rebecca Ayers✨ | federal HR modernizationgovernment challenges+4 | Brodi FontenotRebecca Ayers | U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementNational Academy of Public Administration | — | HR modernizationfederal workforce+5 | — | 25m 29s | |
| 5/4/26 | Executive Power and Civil Service Reform with Adam White and Clark Kelso✨ | executive powercivil service reform+4 | Clark KelsoAdam White | McGeorge School of LawAmerican Enterprise Institute | — | executive powercivil service reform+4 | — | 34m 48s | |
| 4/20/26 | Budgeting is Policy, or How Government is like 'The Matrix' with Teri Gullo and Karl Maschino✨ | federal budgetinggovernment transparency+4 | Teri GulloKarl Maschino | CBOGAO+1 | — | budgetingfederal budget+6 | — | 28m 15s | |
| 4/6/26 | The GAO High Risk List with Acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown and Kimberly Walton✨ | GAO High Risk Listgovernment oversight+3 | Orice Williams BrownKimberly Walton | U.S. Government Accountability OfficeNational Academy of Public Administration | — | GAOHigh Risk List+5 | — | 22m 51s | |
| 3/23/26 | Challenges and Innovations in Public Sector Data with Kari D'Elia of USA Facts and Diana Maurer of US GAO✨ | public sector datatrust in government+3 | Diana MaurerKari D'Elia | U.S. Government Accountability OfficeUSA Facts+1 | — | public sectordata gaps+3 | — | 28m 39s | |
| 3/9/26 | Oversight and the Congress, with Fellow Tim Persons of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Dan Lips of The Foundation for American Innovation✨ | federal oversightgovernment spending+3 | Tim PersonsDan Lips | PricewaterhouseCoopersThe Foundation for American Innovation | — | federal oversightgovernment+3 | — | 21m 45s | |
| 2/23/26 | Why Public Administrators Need to Be Great Storytellers✨ | storytellingpublic administration+3 | Michael KeeganDave Martin | The Business of Government HourThe Good Government Show | — | public administratorsstorytelling+3 | — | 26m 03s | |
| 2/9/26 | Reforming, Rebuilding, Reimagining: Our American Future with Donna Shalala and Norm Ornstein✨ | government reformfuture predictions+3 | Donna ShalalaNorm Ornstein | American Enterprise Institute | — | governmentreform+3 | — | 32m 58s | |
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| 1/29/26 | BONUS: The Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service Ceremony featuring Sec. Janet Yellen and Gov. Gary Locke✨ | public servicegovernance+3 | Janet L. YellenGary F. Locke | National Academy of Public Administration | — | Elliot L. Richardson Prizepublic service+5 | — | 40m 13s | |
| 1/26/26 | Efficiency, Oversight, and the Future of the US Government Accountability Office | Academy Fellow David Powner, acting managing director for congressional relations at the US Government Accountability Office, joins host James-Christian Blockwood in this week's episode. They get into the details about the importance of GAO's role and the importance of Congress, what oversight can and should be in government, and what's next in the ongoing search for the comptroller general. Management Matters is a presentation of the National Academy of Public Administration produced by Lizz... | 27m 33s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | How Much Can Public Service Education Change in a Year? With David Wilson and Jodi Sandfort | With careers in public service under unprecedented scrutiny, David Wilson, Dean of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and Jodi Sandfort, Dean of the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, explain why it has never been more critical to reimagine how we prepare students for these roles. Management Matters is a presentation of the National Academy of Public Administration produced by Lizzie Alwan and Matt Hampton and edited by Matt Hampton.&nbs... | 26m 20s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | How Are Federal Workers and Agencies planning for AI? With Alexis Bonnell of OpenAI and Karen Lee of FedsForward | Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept. It’s a practical tool reshaping how we work, learn, and govern. Academy Fellow Alexis Bonnell of OpenAI and Karen Lee of FedsForward join host James-Christian Blockwood to discuss strategies for building AI literacy, how experts and public servants are incorporating AI, and what the challenges are today, and tomorrow. | 31m 06s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | Stories of Service: Reflections on Purpose, Progress, and the Path Ahead | As we approach the end of the year, we wanted to share a note of optimism for what lies ahead with our "Stories of Service: Reflections on Purpose, Progress, and the Path Ahead" panel from the 2025 Academy National Conference. This panel opens with Academy President and CEO James-Christian Blockwood then features moving stories from former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, former Fiscal Assistant Secretary at the US Department of the Treasury David Lebryk, Deputy CEO of SoundTransit Victor... | 27m 55s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | Bridging the Gap – State and Local Capacity in a Shifting Federal Landscape: 2025 National Conference | In this episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood, we're giving you access to one of our most impactful panels from the 2025 Academy National Conference: Bridging the Gap – State and Local Capacity in a Shifting Federal Landscape The panel is moderated by Nisha Botchwey, Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and features David Adkins, Executive Director of the Council of State Governments, Julia Novak, Executive Director a... | 25m 29s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | Reimagining Government at the National Conference: Norm Ornstein with Loren DeJonge Schulman, Mindy Romero, Soren Dayton and Cecili Wake | In this in-depth panel discussion from the 2025 National Conference, moderator Norm Ornstein of American Enterprise Institute talks to an all-star panel including Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Federation of American Scientists, Mindy Romero from the Center for Inclusive Democracy at USC's Price School, Soren Dayton of Foundation for American Innovation, and Cecili Wake of Democracy 2076. The conversation took on a wide range of topics about how American governance could and should develop ove... | 39m 04s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | The Longest Government Shutdown in US History with Romina Boccia of Cato Institute and Rob Shriver of Democracy Forward | In this episode of Management Matters, host James-Christian Blockwood sits down with Romina Boccia, Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy at the Cato Institute and a leading voice on federal spending and entitlement reform, and Academy Fellow Rob Shriver, Managing Director of the Civil Service Strong and Good Government Initiatives at Democracy Forward and former Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to reflect on the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Toget... | 24m 27s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 | The State of Public Administration, Part 2, Q&A with Frank Fukuyama, Vanessa Williamson and Philip Howard: National Conference 2025 | This episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood features Frank Fukuyama, author, political scientist and professor at Stanford University, Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings Institution, and Philip Howard, founder and chair of Common Good for "The State of Public Administration" in front of a live audience during the 2025 National Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 3. Part 2 of this episode features questions from the Academy Fellows in attendance about reform... | 18m 24s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 | The State of Public Administration, Part 1 with Frank Fukuyama, Vanessa Williamson and Philip Howard: National Conference 2025 | This episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood features Frank Fukuyama, author, political scientist and professor at Stanford University, Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings Institution, and Philip Howard, founder and chair of Common Good for "The State of Public Administration" in front of a live audience during the 2025 National Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 3. This captivating discussion about the state of American public service, how to rebuild and re... | 25m 31s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | Redefining Public Service for a Modern Workforce with US Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor - Highlights from the National Conference | US Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor and Academy President and CEO James-Christian Blockwood sat down for a discussion in front of a live audience during the 2025 National Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 3. The conversation covered a wide range of topics including ongoing plans for resizing and reshaping the federal workforce, how to attract early career people to public service, and the role technology is likely to play over the rest of the second Trump Adm... | 29m 18s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | Government Data and How to Handle It with Nick Hart of Data Foundation and Richard Coffin of USAFacts | Government data is having a moment, but you knew that already, because data is every moment! What's happening with how governments large and small keep track of how they're serving their people? Nick Hart of the Data Foundation and Richard Coffin of USAFacts joined James-Christian Blockwood on the podcast this week to talk about what's new and exciting in the enormous and expanding universe of government data. How can we serve the public better? And how will we know that we have? Data!&... | 30m 02s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | The Changing Role of State Government with Professor Carol Weissert and Rhode Island Department of Administration Director Jonathan Womer | In this episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood, Carol Weissert, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Florida State University, and Jonathan Womer, Director of the Department of Administration for Rhode Island, discuss the changing role of state governments and implications for policy, budgeting, and public service delivery. The conversation delves into issues of partisanship, federal-state relations, legislative shifts, and the use of data and AI in government opera... | 24m 03s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | Public Service Under Pressure with Kimberly Walton, Michael Jacobson, Tanisha Briley and Vince Micone | This week's episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood features key selections from a recent Academy Standing Panel. It is clear the federal government impacts local government, city and county leaders have always had to leverage federal resources, but can that continue given budget constraints and the increasingly partisan political environment? Panelists highlight the impact of federal decision-making on services to people in communities (and foreshadow that th... | 29m 46s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | Navigating Election Security and Administration in a Complex Landscape with Kathleen Hale and Derek Tisler | In this episode of Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood, experts dive into the evolving challenges in election security and administration. Featuring insights from Kathleen Hale, Professor emerita of Political Science at Auburn University and Executive Director of the Election Center, and Derek Tisler, counsel and manager in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, the episode explores the shifting role of federal support, the importance of state an... | 27m 26s | ||||||
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2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.