    RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL  (TRP NOTES MAIL)

    CREATOR: Michael.Messinger ( Michael.Messinger@npr.gov [ UNKNOWN ] )

    CREATION DATE/TIME:29-AUG-1998 02:19:46.00

    SUBJECT:  RE: Proposed international rego conference

    TO: Morley A. Winograd ( CN=Morley A. Winograd/O=OVP [ OVP ] )
    READ:UNKNOWN

    TEXT:
    YEAH!

    Do you want to hold the Planning Meeting in the VP's Ceremonial Office on

    Sept 10 at 11:30 or  at NPR....

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    > -----Original Message-----

    > From:	Morley_A._Winograd@ovp.eop.gov

    [SMTP:Morley_A._Winograd@ovp.eop.gov]

    > Sent:	Friday, August 28, 1998 7:28 PM

    > To:	CN=Elaine_Kamarck/OU=FS/O=KSG@ksg.harvard.edu

    > Cc:	Michael.Messinger@npr.gov; Lisa_A._Berg@ovp.eop.gov;

    > Monica_M._Dixon@ovp.eop.gov

    > Subject:	Proposed international rego conference

    >

    > Elaine:

    > I gave VP your email on international REGO agenda yesterday and he called

    > back today with his approval. YEAH!  The only change he wants to make is

    > to

    > talk to POTUS about having international leading reinventor speak at

    lunch

    > instead (to give it more international flavor and  help validate from

    > outside NPR's achievements.) I am supposed to remind  him of that with

    > next

    > POTUS lunch memo.  He also asked about dates and I told him Jan. 14/15

    was

    > a go and done so that it couldn't be impacted by SOTU timing.  Totally OK

    > with him.  See you for our planning meeting on Sept. 10.

    > Morley

    > ---------------------- Forwarded by Morley A. Winograd/OVP on 08/28/98

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    > To:   Morley A. Winograd/OVP

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    > Subject:  Proposed international rego conference

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    > Title: Innovations in Government: A Global Forum on Reinventing

    Government

    >      Moderated by Vice President Al Gore

    > Location: (proposed) Ronald Reagan Building Ampitheatre (it has ample

    room

    > and translation equipment)  Washington, D.C.

    > Audience:  Ministerial level government officials with some

    responsibility

    > for government reform from approximately 31 countries where some

    > government

    > reform activity is in progress.  Also, officials from key international

    > organizations such as the OECD, the EC, the World Bank and the IADB.

    > Altogether, approximately 250 official delegates.  Also, representatives

    > of

    > Ford Foundation Innovations winners and other examples of "best

    practices"

    > Academics who study government innovation.

    > Sponsors:  The Ford Foundation, The John F. Kennedy School of Government,

    > Brookings (?), the World Bank, the Inter American Development Bank, The

    > Council for Excellence in Governemnt.

    >      Plenary Session #1 10:00 am  - Noon

    >           Government in the Information Age.

    >            Welcome  by Susan Beresford, President of the Ford Foundation

    > and Dean Joe Nye, Kennedy School of Government.

    >           Keynote Address - Vice President Al Gore.

    >           The Vice President's remarks will be followed by a panel

    > discussion on the challenges facing governments around the world, on the

    > pressures to change that arise from global economic competition,  from

    > rapid democratization, and from aging social welfare states to name just

    a

    > few of the causes of movements to innovate and reinvent government.  This

    > panel should consist of the highest level elected officials from around

    > the

    > world who are also conversant with government innovation and reinvention

    > such as Prime Minister Jenny Shipley.  It should include non western

    > countries and should include developing countries.  This panel should

    > focus

    > on the "why now" aspect of government reinvention and should distinguish

    > innovation from government reform.

    >      Lunch  - (Guest Speaker - Perhaps POTUS)

    >      Breakout sessions 2:00 - 3:00 (approximately 12) would be

    facilitated

    > by reinventors from governments around the world and would feature Ford

    > Foundation Innovations Winners as examples of Best Practices.

    >      Plenary Session #2 - 3:15 - 4:30

    >           Citizens, Governments and the Challenges of Service in the 21st

    > Century

    >           Moderated by Vice President Al Gore

    >      This session would open with a discussion of what governments around

    > the world are doing to make service to the citizen more efficient and

    more

    > effective.  Two or three Best Practices featuring customer service would

    > be

    > drawn from Innovations winners in the U.S. and abroad and would also

    > feature examples from the U.K. and other countries who have been working

    > hard on the Citizen's Charter concept (and where there are no innovations

    > programs.)  After presentation of the cases chosen, the Vice President

    > would lead a discusssion focusing on the challenges facing managers as

    > they

    > try to serve citizens.  After the case studies are presented the Vice

    > President will call on individuals from different governments who have

    had

    > direct experience in trying to increase customer service.

    >      Reception/Dinner 7:30 pm

    > DAY 2

    >      Plenary Session #3  9:00 - 11:00

    >      Getting Results: Assesing Government Performance

    >      Moderated by Vice President Al Gore

    >      This session would open with a discussion of how governments are

    > attempting to measure their progress and how they are being held

    > accountable.  Again, two or three best practices in terms of measurement

    > and management would be featured from among the Ford Foundation

    Innovation

    > winners and others if necessary.  The role of "control" agencies such as

    > OMB in the U.S. and Treasury in the U.K. should be explored and their

    role

    > in helping innovation evaluated.

    >      Breakout Sessions 11:15 - 12:15 (approximately 12) would be

    > facilitated by reinventors from governments around the world and would

    > feature Ford Foundation Innovations Winners as examples of Best

    Practices.

    >      Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

    >      Plenary Session #4 2:00 - 3:00

    >      Using Information Technology to Transform Government

    >      Moderated by Vice President Al Gore

    >      This session would consist of actual demonstrations of how

    > information

    > technology is transforming governments around the world.  Again, best

    > practices would be drawn from Ford Foundation Innovation winners from

    > around the world.  The discussion should then explore the next generation

    > of information technologies and how they will transform government.

    >      Closing Session 3:00 - 4:00

    >      Next Steps and Concluding Remarks

    >      Vice President Al Gore

    >

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