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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
President Obama created a new oversight board in June 2011 as part of his new Campaign to Cut Government Waste. He directed it to report to him in December on ways to improve accountability, based on lessons from the implementation of the Recovery Act. Th
by Dan Chenok
Monday, December 19, 2011
Federal CIO VanRoekel recently spoke about the Administration’s renewed focus on improving productivity within the federal government. One key to success is the strategic use of IT to improve how agencies manage programs.
Friday, December 16, 2011
An abbreviated Round Up for the week of December 12 -16
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
There may be widespread public dissatisfaction with Congress’s performance, but GAO has issued a new report that highlights Congress’s role in overseeing agency performance.
by Dan Chenok
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
OMB just announced a set of IT policies and activities in several different and visible areas. This next phase of the Administration’s IT Reform Strategy has the potential to bring significant change over the next 12-18 months.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of December 05, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
In a refreshingly provocative article in this month’s Harvard Business Review, celebrated business writer Gary Hamel describes the condition of management in most large organizations (costly and inefficient) and how one company did away with all their man
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of November 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What do we mean by “mission-focused analytics?” That is the focus of a new report co-sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for The Business of Government and released earlier today at an event with a panel of federal executive
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The National Academy of Public Administration gathers once a year to discuss some of the biggest management challenges facing our country. The speakers are always terrific and insightful. And I always learn something I never knew. This year was no differe