The Organizational Imperative for Our Nation’s Cybersecurity

An Organizational Model for Protecting the Public from Cybercrime

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Our Government’s Cybersecurity Plan: Too Little Too Late?

Why Our Current Cybersecurity Strategies Are Destined to Fail Us

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Cybercrime, the Next Pandemic?

The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown and What it Foreshadows

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Our Next Energy System: Energy, Part 5

A Suggested Framework for Modernizing our Energy System

Part 5 of 5

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The Texas Power Lottery: Energy, Part 4

You Get What You Pay For, Especially with Electricity

Part 4 of 5

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Setting the Stage for a Modern Energy Policy: Energy, Part 3

Texas is Big, but Our Energy Challenge is Much Bigger

Part 3 of 5

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Saving the Post Office

What the Democrats and Republicans Get Wrong—and Right Last Sunday we kicked off a new series on Saving the Post Office. If you didn’t read Sunday’s issue — “Localizing the Post Office” — please check it out. If you have friends and colleagues who you think might benefit from engaging with the Civic Way newsletter,…

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Localizing the Post Office

Giving the Postal Service the Future it Deserves This newsletter is part of our reconstructing American government series. In prior issues, we called for more federal aid (with reform), a modern Federalism, a new public service model and sweeping law enforcement reform. In this issue, we revisit—and reframe—the postal service debate.

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Modernizing American Federalism and Government

Building a New Public Service Model Around People This is the fourth of Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government (Part I, Part II, and Part III). The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental agencies…

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Our View on Modernizing Federalism and Government

Introduction American Federalism—our federal and state partnership—paved the way for many successes. Initially, each partner’s respective roles seemed clear, with the federal government tackling international challenges like war and trade and states confronting domestic issues like education and health. Even as the federal government grew in size and scope, states emerged as “labs of democracy,”…

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