Agile Government: Enabling Successful Action

Submitted by on Tue, 11/10/2020 - 08:56

Today, governments around the world are leading response and recovery efforts to numerous crises, both immediate from the COVID-19 pandemic and long-term such as environmental sustainability. Effective strategies to address these urgent issues must move beyond conventional means of government action, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, slow funding streams, and lack of interchange with the public being served by government.

The Evolving Role of CXOs in the Federal Government

Submitted by on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 12:21

Co-Author:  Dan Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government

The CFO Act of 1990 authorized Chief Financial Officers as the first statutory mission support function in government.  These types of specialized leadership roles have grown over time, along with calls for greater authority for their functions.  Today, the proliferation of statutory and non-statutory C-Suite mission support functions has created a complex web of government reformers. Can or should this web be unraveled?  What might the future hold?

Shawn Riley

Submitted by on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 10:04

Shawn Riley was born to a broken and abusive home. Shawn overcame the challenges of his youth and adopted a growth mindset and “we can make the world a better place” attitude.  At the age of 16 he started a technology company. Later in his career he entered the private sector and worked as a thought leader for companies like IBM and the Mayo Clinic. His career has included massive change and transformation initiatives spanning multi billion-dollar organizations.

Shawn Riley, Chief Information Officer, State of North Dakota

Submitted by on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 10:01
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Weekly Roundup: November 2-6, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 11/06/2020 - 08:50

John Kamensky

Managing Risk in the Public Sector

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Weekly Roundup: October 26-30, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 10/30/2020 - 14:39

Michael J. Keegan

DOD could get permanent telework capability in 2021. The Defense Department wants to convert its key telework tool, the Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) environment, to a permanent capability by next summer, according to John Sherman, DOD's principal deputy CIO.

Government Performance Can Improve Trust

Submitted by on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 10:25

This week, the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) held its flagship annual event, the Executive Leadership Conference (#ELC2020), moved to a virtual environment.  As always, ELC brought government and industry leaders together for several days of exchanges on content about the direction of government and how technology can help drive government improvement in partnership with industry.  Of course, this year’s session was entirely

Evolving the Enterprise Risk Management in Government: Reflections of a Risk Management Professional

Submitted by on Wed, 10/28/2020 - 15:27

In 2010, the IBM Center for The Business of Government published my report, Managing Risk in Government: An Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM); its first research report exploring the importance of managing risk at the enterprise level. The release of this report and the many other Center reports on risk management that have followed continue to shape and inform the dialogue in what has become a government-wide effort to improve operations and effectiveness within federal agencies.

A post-COVID IT roadmap

Submitted by on Wed, 10/28/2020 - 11:30

Guest Blogger:  Mark Bohannon, Vice President, Government Affairs, Red Hat

When we return to the office, it will be a completely different experience, with most employees working staggered schedules, teams divided into groups and ever more reliance on technology to keep employees and customers connected and engaged.

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