How Mature is the Federal Government’s Practice of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

Last week, while speaking at the 2021 AGA and AFERM ERM Workshop, I had an opportunity to obtain viewpoints from the ERM community on this very question. 

Jim Sheire and Margie Graves

James (Jim) Sheire serves as a Branch Chief at CISA, directing the Cybersecurity Quality Services Management Office (QSMO). The Cyber QSMO serves as the government marketplace of high-quality cybersecurity services that align with federal requirements while reducing costs.

Weekly Roundup: April 19-23, 2021

Agencies gain ‘momentum’ appointing Evidence Act leadership. Government has seen “momentum” around evidence-based policymaking at agencies, the majority having placed senior officials in charge of advancing data-driven decision making, according to the Evidence Team lead at the Office of Management and Budget.

New Directions for Government in the Digital Age

Over the past few decades, economies and societies around the world have been going through historical transformations as they transition from the industrial age of the past two centuries to a 21st century digital age.

Reinventing the Grant System to Be More Outcome-Focused

Grants expert Jeff Myers, and several of his colleagues, recently wrote in Government Executive:

Federal Grants Management: Improving Outcomes

Given the priorities of the Biden-Harris administration and the enormous influx of grant dollars to address the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, this is an opportune time to rethink and reframe how the federal government manages grant programs.

The Promise of Public Interest Technology

Power to the People: The Promise of Public Interest Technology by Tara McGuinness and Hana Schank is such a book. 

Weekly Roundup: April 12-16, 2021

OPM digs into the post-pandemic puzzle of remote work and locality pay. OPM digs into the post-pandemic puzzle of remote work and locality pay. An Office of Personnel Management official said that the office is looking into pay administration rules in terms of remote work as part of broader efforts to provide guidance for the long-term future of a more dispersed federal workforce.

The Future of Work in Local Governments Post Pandemic

In Fall-Winter 2020, the IBM Center for The Business of Government initiated a Challenge Grant Competition soliciting essays from academics and practitioners describing how government can best transform the way it works, operates, and delivers services to the public given the impact of this pandemic.

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