Canadian Government Executive Overview

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Canadian Government Executive magazine is now in its 14th year of publishing and is Canada's oldest and most influential trade journal to serve public sector executives.

Published 10 times a year, we offer direct access to the largest qualified circulation of public sector executives available in Canada! Circulation: 20,000

We promote excellence by sharing success stories, talking with thought leaders, and learning from practitioners about leadership, management, tools/practices, and service/products that contribute to continuous improvement.

Editorial Calendar

March 2008: Leadership Perspectives
Leading thinkers and practitioners on public service:

Features include:
• B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell on the leadership that Ministers should provide the public service, and what Ministers are looking for from public service executives
• B.C. Secretary to Cabinet and head of the public service, Jessica MacDonald, on promoting innovation in public service
• Ken Blanchard, management guru, on leadership in public service
• Kevin Lynch, head of the federal public service, on renewal
• Commonwealth heads of reform report

Executive development: John Eckmire on achieving a balance among in-house, private trainers, coaches, schools of business administration, and schools of public administration. David Zussman on schools of public administration.

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April 2008: Canada in the World
Our annual look at Canada’s international contribution through defence, diplomacy, development, and public service.

Feature articles include:
• General Romeo Dallaire (retired)
• IPAC’s building democracy project
• The Institute for Citizen-Centred Service’s expansion into the international market, by Art Stevenson
• The Ontario Public Service’s Uganda Partnership, and the MOU with Chile on mining
• McKinsey Consulting, on the emerging role of public service around the world
• DND and RCMP international efforts
• The British High Commissioner to Canada’s observations on Canada’s international role.


Special ICT feature on interoperability – how ICT can contribute to networking and cooperation between agencies, governments, and nations.


May 2008: Team Building and Networking
Networked government. Where is Government 2.0 taking us, and what will Government 3.0 be like? Working in networks and teams has become essential. How do we build those skills while still hampered by the traditional silo organization of government?

Features include:
• Emergency management
• British Columbia’s new aboriginal policy
• Lifecycle planning

Information challenges for public sector organizations.

Executive vacations – how to get refreshed without coming back to an overflowing in-box, focusing on “wellness” destinations and short breaks.

June 2008: Grants and Contributions
What are the roles and responsibilities of granting agencies? How do they support innovation, international development, government priorities? How are they held accountable, and how do we measure their impact?

Feature articles:
• Shelley Jamieson, head of the Ontario Public Service
• Government 2.0
• Productivity measurement in government

September 2008: The Environment
Looking at a policy level, where is Canada going on sustainability, the environment, global warming, pollution, and depletion of everything from fish stocks to fossil fuels. And at a practical level, what have individual agencies done to “go green.”

Feature articles:
• The Public Service Commission celebrates its 100th birthday (Robert Desperrier)
• Celebration and Sorrow, officers killed in the line of duty

October 2008: Technology in Government
Our annual GTEC edition, describing the latest in information technology and its contribution to good management.


November 2008: First Nations, New Nations
A comprehensive look at programs for and governance in First Nations and Aboriginal communities – what works, what doesn’t.
A look at the effect of changing immigration patterns, the impact of immigration on government workforces and social policy.


December 2008: Good Public Service: international networking
Canadian governments at all levels are building networks for support, learning, and sharing of smart practices. Focusing on the Commonwealth, and the biennial conference of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration, we look at pubic service innovations from Canada and around the world.

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John Jones
Publisher
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publisher@networkedgovernment.ca

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