|
Dr. Kelman is the Weatherhead Professor of Public Management at
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. A summa cum laude
graduate of Harvard College, with a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University,
he is the author of many books and articles on the policymaking process and on
improving the management of government organizations. His latest book, Unleashing
Change: A Study of Organizational Change in Government,
was published in 2005 by the Brookings Instutition
Press. His other books include a study on how
to improve the government computer procurement process, entitled Procurement
and Public Management: The Fear of Discretion and the Quality of Government
Performance (AEI Press, 1990), and Making Public Policy: A Hopeful View
of American Government (Basic Books, 1987). In 1996 he was elected a Fellow
of the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2001, he received the
Herbert Roback Memorial Award, the highest achievement award of the National
Contract Management Association. In 2003 he was elected as a Director of The
Procurement Roundtable. He currently serves as editor of the International
Public Management Journal.
From 1993 through 1997, Dr. Kelman served as Administrator of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget.
During his tenure as Administrator, he played a lead role in the
Administration's "reinventing government" effort. He led
Administration efforts in support of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of
1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995.
|