Which risks can be managed using a compliance model vs. which risks need other approaches? Robert Kaplan and Anette Mikes provide a framework in a great Harvard Business Review article.
Improving Government Contracting: Lessons from Bid Protests of Department of Defense Source Selections, by Steven M. Maser, explores how bid protests can be reduced in government contracting.
Today, the IBM Center for The Business of Government released a new report, Improving Government Contracting: Lessons from Bid Protests of Department of Defense Source Selections, by Steven M. Maser, Professor of Public Management
While “austerity” is the buzz word in the federal government today, just three years ago the government had launched a massive recovery operation to stem the tide of what looked like a bottomless recession by spending $787 billion as fast as possible.
Here’s a terrific checklist of questions managers should be able to answer as they undertake a consolidation of infrastructure or management functions. It is buried in a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
OMB released new guidance supporting the use of evidence and evaluation in making budget trade-off decisions. The guidance reflects a high degree of sophistication on how to do this in a budget-constrained environment.