William D. Eggers
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William D. Eggers | |
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_Eggers.jpg) Eggers in June 2009 | |
| Born | February 14, 1967 New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Bill Eggers |
| Education | University of California, San Diego |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, researcher, policy analyst, government consultant, management consultant |
| Known for | Business, federal government policy |
| Relatives | Dave Eggers (brother) |
| Awards | Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (2006) Louis Brownlow Award (2005) APEX Award for excellence in business journalism (2002) Roe Award(1996) Sir Anthony Fisher Award (1996) |
William Daniel Eggers (born February 14, 1967)[1] is an American writer, researcher, policy analyst, and government and management consultant.[2] Eggers has worked in government reform for more than two decades.
Early life and education
[edit]Eggers was born in 1967 in New York City, and grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He is the brother of author Dave Eggers. He attended the University of California, San Diego.
Career
[edit]He is a former appointee to the Office of Management and Budget's Performance Measurement Advisory Commission and the former Project Director for the Texas Performance Review and e-Texas initiative. He also served as a Commissioner for the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission and a designee on the Texas Council on Competitive Government.
He was a former senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a conservative think tank,[3][4] and the former director of government reform at Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank.[5]
Eggers is currently the Director of the Public Sector Research Group at Deloitte, where he is responsible for research.[6][7]
Books
[edit]- Revolution at the Roots: Making our Government Smaller, Better and Closer to Home (with John O'Leary). The Free Press, 1995. ISBN 0-02-874027-0
- Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector (with Stephen Goldsmith). Brookings Institution Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-8157-3129-0
- Government 2.0: Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock and Enhance Democracy. Rowman and Littlefield, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7425-4176-4
- States of Transition: Tackling Government's Toughest Policy and Management Challenges (with Robert Campbell). Deloitte Research, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9790611-0-3
- If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government, Harvard Business Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4221-6636-9
- Public Innovator's Playbook: Nurturing Bold Ideas in Government (with Shalabh Singh). Deloitte Research, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9790611-1-0
- Pay for Success (with Paul Macmillan). Ethos Journal, December 2013
- The Solution Revolution: How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems (with Paul Macmillan). Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1422192191
- Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government. Deloitte University Press and Rosetta Books, 2016. ISBN 978-0795347511
References
[edit]- ^ "Eggers, William D." VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File.
- ^ Lozada, Carlos (January 8, 2014). "Two Books Say We Can Save The World. Here's How". Newspapers.com. The Capital Times. p. 16. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Twiddy, David (August 12, 2001). "Tooting The Horn of e-Government Isn't Easy". Newspapers.com. Tallahassee Democrat. p. 17. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "William D. Eggers". Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012.
- ^ "The Gift That Stops Giving". Newspapers.com. The Baltimore Sun. August 2, 1993. p. 47. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Cecil (September 16, 2013). "Business Books". Newspapers.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. B6. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Lipowicz, Alice (January 23, 2012). "Can 'disruptive technologies' reduce the government's price of intel?". Federal Computer Week. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
