William EggersGlobal Director, Public Sector Industry |
William (Bill) Eggers is one of the country’s best known authorities on government reform. An author, columnist, and popular speaker for two decades, he has built a significant following among public sector thought leaders in the United States, Canada, and overseas. Eggers has advised dozens of cities, states, and foreign countries and trained hundreds of public officials on government restructuring. He is a sought after speaker, giving close to 100 speeches each year.
Currently as the global director for Deloitte Research and executive director of Deloitte’s Public Leadership Institute, he is responsible for research and thought leadership for Deloitte’s Public Sector practice.
Eggers 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 was involved in two performance reviews, in which he identified more than $2.5 billion worth of savings and non-tax revenues for the state. More than 60 percent of the recommendations in the reviews were enacted into law. Eggers also served as a Commissioner for the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission and a designee on the Texas Council on Competitive Government.
Eggers is the 1996 winner of the prestigious Roe Award for leadership and innovation in public policy research. He also received the 2002 APEX award for excellence in business journalism.
Eggers is a former senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and the former director of Government Reform at the Reason Public Policy Institute, a Los Angeles-based think tank. Prior to joining the Reason Foundation, Eggers assisted reformers in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with the transition to market economies.
He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at San Diego.
Eggers is the author of numerous books on government reform, including:
- If we can put a man on the moon...getting big things done in government
- States of Transition: Tackling government’s toughest policy and management challenges (Deloitte Research, 2006)
- Government 2.0: Using technology to improve education, cut red tape, reduce gridlock, and enhance democracy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005)
- Governing by Network: The new shape of the public sector (Brookings, 2004 with Stephen Goldsmith), winner of the National Academy of Public Administration’s 2005 Louis Brownlow Award for best book on public management
- Revolution at the Roots: Making our government smaller, better, and closer to home (The Free Press, 1995 with John O’Leary), winner of the 1996 Sir Anthony Fisher Award
Eggers’ book Governing by Network was the winner of the National Academy of Public Administration’s 2005 Louis Brownlow Award for best book on public management. In addition, his book “Revolution at the Roots”won the 1996 Sir Anthony Fisher Award for the book "making the greatest contribution to the understanding of the free economy during the past two years."
He coined the terms "Government 2.0" and (with co-author Stephen Goldsmith) "Governing by Network" in his 2005 and 2006 books of the same names.
Eggers columns in Governing and Public CIO and feature articles in Government Executive regularly reach more than 100,000 readers. Eggers’ commentary has also appeared in dozens of major media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, San Francisco Chronicle, and Orange County Register. His upcoming book on how governments can improve their ability to do get big things done will be published in 2009.
Areas of specialization
- Goverment reform
- Public-private partnerships
- Networks
- Technology
- Strategy execution
- Transportation
- Cost reduction
Industries
Recent articles and research
- Innovation state: The public innovator's handbook
- Government 2.0's inauguration: What the Obama campaign taught us about collaboration (Governing Magazine, November 19, 2008)
- Changing lanes: Addressing America's congestion problems through road user pricing
- Mastering finance in government
- Innovation: Beyond the "Big Bang"
Career high
"Through a book I co-authored called Governing by Network, we helped coin a whole new term and way of thinking about governance that has caught on from Tokyo to London."
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