b'From the Editors DeskMargaret Weichert, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, outlines the Trump administrations vision for modernizing the U.S. federal government to meet the mission, service, and stewardship realities of the 21st century. She leads the management side of OMB and notes that in the 21st century, agility powered by IT, powered by data, and powered by people is how leading players execute, differentiate, and build trust.Insights I also had an opportunity to speak with public servants pursuing innovative approaches to mission achievement and citizen services. Five current and former government executives provide insights into how they are changing the ways government does business.Tom Brandt, Chief Risk Officer, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, runs the agencys enterprise risk management (ERM) efforts. He provides insights into the benefits of ERM, how risk management can enhance agency decision making, and explains the mission of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM). Allison Brigati, Deputy Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration, is the chief operating officer of an agency with a mission to deliver value and savings in real estate acquisition, technology, and other mission support services across government. She has sought to transform the way the agency operates, finding ways to be innovative and cost effective. Nancy Potok, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget, safeguards the integrity of U.S. federal government data. She is charged with making sure that federal statistics are objective, unbiased, not politically influenced, accurate,timely, and relevant. Her office puts out methods and standards that federal agencies need to follow if theyre going to assert that their statistical data is official U.S. government data.Al Short, Chief Information Officer, Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, is responsible for everything from fiberoptic rights-of-way along the railroad to standard enterprise resource planning (ERP) associated with finance, procurement, and HR to the public facing website. His department is involved in supporting the systems that enable the Smart Trip card to the maintenance of the technology for running the D.C. rail system. Dr. John Zangardi, former Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, reflects on his time as CIO at DHS. Dr. Zangardi discussed the departments IT priorities, and his efforts to modernize its IT infrastructure, and change the way IT is done across the DHS enterprise. Please note, shortly before the publication of this magazine, Dr. Zangardi left his position at DHS. The insights provided are a snapshot in time. WINTER 2019 / 2020 IBM Center for The Business of Government 5'