As more agencies move more of their activities online, they become part of the global commons that is cyberspace. This week's release by the Administration of an International Cyberspace Strategy includes a number of principles that matter a lot for the s
When Donald Rumsfield was in the Pentagon, his staff talked about his incessant memos asking for information or direction action as “snowflakes.” Well, there’s a blizzard of memos and guidance coming from the White House on a range of management improveme
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) chaired a joint hearing on the implementation of the GPRA Modernization Act and he seemed to enjoy himself. In fact, after the hearing he lingered a long time talking with hearing participants, almost being the last to leave the
I always consider a conference a success if I come away inspired by one big idea. That happened to me at the recent annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration. I’ve been mulling over a series of presentations given at that confere
Federal IT community leaders recently attended a White House briefing about how agencies are improving the processes by which they buy and use technology to achieve their mission goals. The meeting was facilitated the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)