Brookings: Experts - Paul C. Light

The Search for Social Entrepreneurship

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Research on social entrepreneurship is finally catching up to its rapidly growing potential. Light explores this surge of interest to establish the state of knowledge on this growing phenomenon and suggest directions for future research.

Public Confidence in Charities, 2008 Report

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Public confidence in charities remains at contemporary lows, writes Paul C. Light in a recent report. Americans will be treated to a cascade of stories about charitable fraud, waste and abuse unless the sector takes aggressive action to create headlines about success.

Katrina's Lesson in Readiness

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; The Washington Post (9/1/05)

What It Takes to Make Charities Effective

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; The Chronicle of Philanthropy (9/1/05)

Rumsfeld's Revolution at Defense

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Rumsfeld announced his commitment to a revolution in military affairs in his 2001 confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In a harbinger of rhetoric to come, he not only refused to rule out another round of military base closings, but he also announced his intention to reform the military acquisition process, which he declared ill-suited "to meet the demands posed by an expansion of unconventional and asymmetrical threats in an era of rapid technological advances."

Filibusters Are Only Half the Problem

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; The New York Times (6/3/05)

Too Few Questions on Bolton and Leadership

Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; Newsday (5/15/05)

Facing the Futures: Building Robust Nonprofits in the Pittsburgh Region

Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Paul C. Light; The Forbes Fund (2005)

Still Searching For Airport Security: Wasn't TSA Going to Be the Solution?

Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; The Washington Post (4/24/05)

The Crisis Last Time: Social Security Reform

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light; New York Times (3/5/05)

Vacancies Remain Unfilled for Bush Subcabinet Positions

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (02/17/05)

The Four Pillars of High Performance : How Robust Organizations Achieve Extraordinary Results

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In The Four Pillars of High Performance, Light paints a portrait of the robust organizationthat rare organization which possesses both the agility to adjust to changes in the external environment at a moments notice, and the compass needed

Bush's New Cabinet: Changes in Attitude

Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Newsday (11/21/04)

Late for Their Appointments

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, New York Times (11/16/04)

The Bloat That Hurts Our Spies

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, The Washington Post (10/5/04)

The 9/11 Commission's Human Capital Recommendations

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee (9/14/04)

Sustaining Nonprofit Performance : The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Light argues for capacity-building measures as a way to sustain and improve the efforts of the nonprofit sector. With innovative data and insightful analysis, he demonstrates how nonprofits that invest in technology, training, and strategic planning can successfully advance their goals and restore public faith in their mission and capabilities.

Implementing the 9/11 Commission Report

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, House Government Reform Committee (8/3/04)

Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of Government

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Paul C. Light (7/23/04)

Size of Government

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition (9/8/03)

Next Steps in Human Capital Reform

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (6/4/03)

In Search of Public Service

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Report by Paul Light, June 2003

The End Of the Civil Service?

Fri, 09 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, The Washington Post (5/09/03)

The Civil Service and National Security Personnel Improvement Act

Mon, 05 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Light testifies before the House Reform Committee on Civil Service and National Security Personnel Improvement Act

Restoring the President's Reorganization Authority

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

On April 3, 2003, Paul Light testifies before the House Government Reform Committee.

A Come-From-Behind Victory

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Government Executive, (Spring 2003)

Unleashing Reform

Sat, 15 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Light discusses the debate caused by recent Defense Department e-mails which suggest the federal government's largest bureaucracy is about to ask Congress for the same hiring and firing freedoms the Homeland Security Department won.

What Past and Potential Appointees Say

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony of Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, April 4, 2001

Make It Easier to Say ""Yes""

Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, December 15, 2002

Lessons of Nonprofits

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, in the Times Union, November 29, 2002

Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, on Connie Chung Tonight, November 19, 2002

Bush's Privatization Plan Irks Labor Leaders

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Weekend Edition, November 17, 2002

The Nonprofit Example; Find a way to make government more like a nonprofit, and it can only improve

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, November 2002

Charities and Foundations Must Confront Shrinking Labor Pool, Researcher Says

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 17, 2002

The Content of their Character: The State of the Nonprofit Workforce

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Nonprofit Employees Lead Federal and Private Sector Workers in Motivation, Commitment, Sense of Mission, and Desire to Make a Difference, according to a report and survey by Paul C. Light (October 2002).

Strikeout at INS

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, October 2002

Earth to NASA

Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, September 2002

Designing a New Federal Shop

Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, in the Washington Post, August 6, 2002

Department of Homeland Security: A Hollow Tribute

Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director Center for Public Service, in Government Executive, August 2002

Civil Service Protections

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, July 26, 2002

Views of Homeland Security

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, and James M. Lindsay, Senior Fellow, foreign-policy, in the Washigton Times, July 25, 2002

Congress' Chance to Change the FBI

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, and Carole Plowfield, Deputy Director, Presidential Appointee Initiative, in The Hill, July 24, 2002

Assessing the Role of the Customs Service in the New Department of Homeland Security

Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony Before the United States Senate Finance Committee, by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Public Service, the Brookings Institution, July 16, 2002

Show Us the Work

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive

For Many Federal Workers, Job Remains Just a Paycheck

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Instituion, in U.S.A Today, June 27, 2002

The Troubled State of the Federal Public Service

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Report by Paul C. Light on The Troubled State of the Federal Public Service

Assessing the Proposed Department of Homeland Security

Wed, 26 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the House Committee, Subcommittee on Civil Service, Census and Agency Organization

Assessing the Department of Homeland Security

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information

Deliver Them Not into Temptation: Legislative Options for Reporting Presidential Gifts

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations on June 18, 2002

Bureaucracy

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Talk of the Nation, June 18, 2002

Streamline the FBI

Thu, 06 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Christian Science Monitor, on June 6, 2002

Democracy on the Cheap

Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, in Government Executive, June 1, 2002

Rebuilding Trust in Charity

Thu, 16 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution in the Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2002

Off With Their Heads

Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, May 2002

The Other March Madness -- Presidential Appointments

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Christian Science Monitor on April 11, 2002

Bush Picks Wrong Time for Leadership Change at IRS

Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution

IRS Reform: Unfinished Business

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive on April 1, 2002

Blame Government Bloat for Immigration Snafus

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in U.S.A Today on March 26, 2002

Interview With Paul Light [on American Red Cross, its inefficiency after 9/11 and other blunders]

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on The O'Reilly Factor, on March 23, 2002

Problems on the Potomac: How Relocation Policies for Presidential Appointees Can Help Win the Talent War

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Presidential appointees are subject to less competitive relocation policies than those in the private sector reports Paul C. Light and Carole Plowfield in "Problems on the Potomac: How Relocation Policies for Presidential Appointees Can Help Win the Talent War."

The Need for First-Step Reform

Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee On International Security, Proliferation, And Federal Services

Shadow Government

Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Morning Edition on March 6, 2002

Our Tottering Confirmation Process

Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Commentary by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Public Interest, Spring2002

What Federal Employees Want From Reform

Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Reform Watch Brief #5, by Paul C. Light (March 2002)

Pathways to Nonprofit Excellence

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Pathways to Nonprofit Excellence provides data on the impact of recent reform efforts from professionals who have observed them firsthand. Based on interviews with leading thinkers from the worlds of philanthropy, scholarship, and consulting, as well

Getting Airport Security Right

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, January 2, 2002

Presidential Appointment Process

Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Interview with Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on WAMU's Public Interest

Government's Greatest Priorities of the Next Half Century

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT

The federal government has been working to defend the nation, help veterans readjust, protect workers, build roads, enhance transportation, promote economic growth, and support the poor since the founding of the Republic. It is hardly likely to stop

Bigger is Better

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Commentary by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on NPR's Morning Edition, November 12, 2001

To Restore and Renew: Now is the Time to Rebuild the Federal Public Service

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul C. Light, Vice Presdient and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, November 2001

A Vote of Renewed Confidence: How Americans View Presidential Appointees and Government in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Study Finds Public Confidence in Presidential Appointees Rising Dramatically in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks.

Pressure to Grow

Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Brief #65, by Paul C. Light (October 2000)

Leading by Example

Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, September 1, 2001

The Confirmation Crawl

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Nearly seven months into the Bush administration, fewer than half of the Cabinet and sub-Cabinet vacancies in the government have been filled. Fast as they think they are going—and it is pretty fast by recent standards—the Senate and White House are still at least six months from finishing the long list of appointments.

Crusader at the Crossroads

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, August 1, 2001

""Nonprofit-like"" Tongue Twister or Aspiration?

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Paul Light, Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Nonprofit Quarterly, July 2001

From Pentagons to Pyramids: Whacking at Bloat

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director in Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, July 1, 2001.

President Bush: 100 Days in the Shadows

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT

""Opinion by Paul C. Light in The Roll Call, June 1, 2001

Appointments Apocalypse

Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light in The Roll Call, May 14, 2001

Big Bureaucracy

Thu, 10 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, in The Washington Times, May 10, 2001

Why Political Jobs Stay Empty

Mon, 07 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in USA Today, May 7, 2001

The Jurassic Park of Reform

Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, May 1, 2001

Fix Appointments Process

Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12, 2001

The Breaking Down of Presidential Appointments

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Chicago Tribune, April 11, 2001

Disclosure of Presidential Library

Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony of Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Instituion, before the House Subcommittee On Government Efficiency, Financial Management, And Intergovernmental Relations, April 5, 2001

A Skeleton Crew Keeps Social Security Afloat

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Times Union, April 1, 2001

Harbingers of a Troubled Future

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, April 1, 2001

Placing the Call to Service: How Past and Future Presidential Appointees View the Appointment Process

Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Paul C. Light (Spring 2001)

Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments

Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

""Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments,"" reports about how America's civic and corporate leaders view the presidential appointments process.

The Merit and Reputation of an Administration: Presidential Appointees on the Appointments Process

Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT

""The Merit and Reputation of an Administration: Presidential Appointees on the Appointments Process,"" released by The Presidential Appointee Initiative shows a presidential appointments process on the verge of collapse.

The New Public Service

Tue, 09 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT

Paul C. Light's new book, The New Public Service, examines federal careers and finds that they cannot compete for challenging work against the private and nonprofit sector.

All's Not Always FAIR

Sat, 01 May 1999 00:00:00 GMT

article by Paul C. Light, Director and Vice President, the Brookings Institution, in Government Executive, December 1, 1999