William D. Eggers
| William "Bill" Eggers | |
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| Born | February 14, 1967 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Occupation | Writer Consultant |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California-San Diego |
| Genres | Business |
| Notable award(s) | 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 (Bill) Eggers (born February 14, 1967) is an American writer and government consultant.
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[edit] Background
Eggers was born in New York City, grew up in the Chicago, Illinois area and attended the University of California-San Diego.
[edit] Career
Bill Eggers worked in government reform for more than two decades. He is now a global director for Deloitte Research[1] and executive director of Deloitte's Public Leadership Institute. He is responsible for research for Deloitte's Public Sector practice.
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 is a former senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research[2] and the former director of Government Reform at the Reason Foundation.[3]
He is also the brother of author Dave Eggers.
[edit] Books
- Revolution at the Roots: Making our Government Smaller, Better and Closer to Home (with John O'Leary). The Free Press, 1995. ISBN 0028740270
- Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector (with Stephen Goldsmith). Brookings Institution Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0815731290
- Government 2.0: Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock and Enhance Democracy. Rowman and Littlefield, 2005. ISBN 978-0742541764
- States of Transition: Tackling Government's Toughest Policy and Management Challenges (with Robert Campbell). Deloitte Research, 2006. ISBN 978-0979061103
- If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government, Harvard Business Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1422166369
- Public Innovator's Playbook: Nurturing Bold Ideas in Government (with Shalabh Singh). Deloitte Research, 2009. ISBN 978-0979061110
