Emerging Issues in State and Local Government Employment: Government Officials on Attracting and Maintaining Talent, Preparing for the Retirement of Baby Boomers, and Overcoming Skills Shortages

Emerging Issues in State and Local Government Employment is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the strategic thinking needed to compete with the private sector for top talent and maintain high-level employees. Featuring state and municipal directors of personnel from across the country, this book provides a broad yet comprehensive overview of the unique challenges facing government departments of human resources as the Baby Boomer generation retires and skills deficiencies grow. These le


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Boomergeddon How Runaway Deficits and the Age Wave Will Bankrupt the Federal Government and Devastate Retirement for Baby Boomers Unless We Act Now

Driven by uncontrolled deficit spending, a mounting national debt and rising interest rates on that debt, the U.S. government will go into default within the next 20 to 30 years. The resulting crisis will change the political landscape beyond recognition. It will mean the end of American empire, and it will shred the retirement safety net for tens of millions of Boomers and the generations that follow. Boomergeddon details how runaway health care costs and a global shift from capital surplus to


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