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Issues of Knowledge Management in the Public Sector Xiaoming Cong and Kaushik V. Pandya* University of Luton, UK Xiaoming.cong@luton.ac.uk Kaushik.pandya@luton.ac.uk *Author for Correspondence Abstract: The new economy not only poses challenges, but also offers opportunities for both private and public sectors alike. To meet the challenges and take the opportunities, government must take active initiatives to adopt new management tools, techniques and philosophies of the private sector and adapt to its circumstance. Knowledge management (KM) is such an area that needs to be further explored and exploited for its full benefits to be reaped. Key issues, challenges, and opportunities of KM in the public sector need to be addressed and better understood Keywords: knowledge sharing, NPM, public sector, strategy 1. Introduction governments on a plate, nor will the challenges be met without adjustment. Strategies and We are living in a world of rapid change driven plans for implementing KM must be carefully by globalisation, the knowledge-based thought-out in advance in order to succeed in economy coupled by ever-fast development of the attempt and effort. There are concrete information, communication and technology issues for government to consider and (ICT). This change, however, not only poses address. While there are many issues that some challenges, but also offers opportun