Open government and open data paved the way for current government initiatives around data and evidence – enabling agencies to leverage data effectively is more important now than ever before.
As Congress moves ahead with multiple bills to address current economic conditions, putting in place an effective mechanism to implement programs with those dollars will be paramount.
The stories of FirstGov, the E-Government Strategy, and the E-Government Act of 2002 all stem from visions of the future and supportive implementing coalitions that paved the way for digital government transformations yet to come.
On behalf of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, we are pleased to present, Transforming How Government Operates: Four Methods of Change, by Andrew Whitford, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia.
Our new book, published by Rowman & Littlefield provides some answers to this critical question. The IBM Center for the Business of Government recently helped to communicate them.