William D. Eggers | |
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| 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.
Personal life
Eggers was born in 1967 in New York City, and grew up in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois. He is the brother of author Dave Eggers. He attended the University of California, San Diego.
Career
He is a former appointee to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's Performance Measurement Advisory Commission and the former Project Director for the Texas Performance Review/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 conservative think tank Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,[3][4] and the former director of government reform at the libertarian think tank Reason Foundation.[5]
Eggers is currently the Director of Deloitte's Public Sector Research Group, where he is responsible for research for Deloitte's Public Sector and Federal practices.[6][7]
Books
- 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
- ↑ "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.