Business of Government Stories
Thursday, May 21, 2020
While the reinventing government effort in the 1990s sought to empower frontline workers, subsequent reform efforts sought to strengthen the role of human resources and managers.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented.
AI
Monday, May 18, 2020
Leveraging technology with speed, reliability, and risk management has never been as important as in today’s world of distance work, virtual meetings, and IT development via geographically dispersed teams.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Articles from across the Web that we at the IBM Center for The Business of Government found interesting for the week of May 11-15, 2020.
Business of Government Stories
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Moving to distance work arrangements have suddenly shifted from a “nice to have” to an agency’s “continuity of operations” survival in the age of coronavirus.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
There’s a lot of media about the heroic work of federal employees engaged in responding to the epic health, economic, and social effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, May 8, 2020
As the coronavirus has disrupted society over the last few weeks, some of the distancing measures that once seemed drastic have become acceptable — in a few cases even preferable to the way things worked before.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Articles from across the Web that we at the IBM Center for The Business of Government found interesting for the week of May 4-8, 2020.
Postal Service
Thursday, May 7, 2020
The effects of COVID-19 will be significant for the global postal industry, and indeed the entire world. The essence of the challenges the world’s postal operators face is akin to that of other businesses affected by COVID-19: identify where the impacts will be felt; and determine how to respond.
Key Performance Indicators
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
How well are agencies managed? Given long term structural priorities as well as the immediacy of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government action, well-managed agencies will be critical to an effective response.

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