YGL and the 2010 Government Performance Summit

Young Government Leaders is working with the Performance Institute to make this year's 2010 Government Performance Summit the best of its kind.  Director of Program and Events, Jeff Press, is coordinating with summit organizers to include speakers and events applicable to young federal workers.  This year's summit will focus on using leadership, measurement, and a motivated workforce to drive results. 

The Government Performance Summit is part of the Innovations in Government Series, a project of The Performance Institute to highlight and spread best practices in government management in a new era of citizen transparency and public sector accountability. Join us on May 10-12, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia.

For the past eleven years, federal leaders have gathered to explore the latest mandates and best practices in performance management, program measurement and evaluation at the annual Government Performance Summit. The Summit is led by speakers from the upper echelons of the Executive branch and leading Federal Managers who offer their experience and advice to managers looking to improve the results earned by their programs and agencies – putting attendees in the room with the decision-makers on management policy from the Administration and Congress.

This is a great training opportunity for young federal workers.  If you need to convince your department or agency to fund attendance, then consider these important factors.  The Government Performance Summit is known for its expert speakers. After spending three days learning and sharing with the brightest minds in federal government, you will return to the office motivated and ready to plan, measure, budget, evaluate and report program results.

• You get to develop your own program agenda. The Government Performance Summit sessions fall into seven categories: performance for emerging leaders, performance for the experienced manager, program performance, people performance, budget management, citizen transparency and ask the expert. You can choose sessions that best apply to your current situation and organization. You can follow one theme for all three days or choose sessions from several tracks to get the targeted information you want.

• The Government Performance Summit will increase organizational results. This year’s Government Performance Summit is comprised of two days of sessions addressing the key challenges agencies are facing related to the new administration’s efforts to change the way government works, the evolution of the federal workforce and more. You will learn skills that will have a lasting effect on your work, from motivating your staff and creating outcome-based performance measures to producing performance information that is meaningful to stakeholders, Congress and the public.

• Government Performance Summit speakers are experts. We hand-pick the best and brightest in the federal government to share their expertise with you. You won’t find information this specific, on this many performance, planning, management and measurement topics, anywhere else.

• You’ll learn how to make the most of the resources you already have. Whether you want to inspire and engage your team to improved performance or need to get by on reduced program budget, you will learn tips for maximizing your current resources.

• It’s a networking opportunity. At the Government Performance Summit you will step away from the office and connect with other government managers and discuss cross-agency goals and how you can work together for increased government results.

 Tim Sommella
 President
 Young Government Leaders