As part of a recent research project for the IBM Center for the Business of Government, I interviewed experts on inter-governmental data sharing and looked at case studies of successful “silo busting” - leaders and professionals who have built ways to put the public at the center of their work and who have aligned data systems and sources in service to the public.
We have to admit it. More than once we’ve referred to a policy or management approach as a “best practice.” But mostly those words were originally uttered by a source we quoted. Frankly, those two overwhelmingly common words often make us uneasy.
Three open questions are actively being discussed in Congress and among agency officials in regard to updating the authorities of various CXO and mission support functions.