Sarah Beth Gehl

Submitted by on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 17:05

Sarah Beth Gehl is the Research Director of the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), a fiscally-sponsored project of the Roosevelt Institute. She has served as policy director for a gubernatorial campaign, deputy director and tax policy analyst for a state-level think tank, and nonprofit consultant focused on policy and advocacy. Gehl has taught public administration and political science courses at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Agnes Scott College and holds a Ph.D.

Komla D. Dzigbede

Submitted by on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 16:58

Komla D. Dzigbede is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at Binghamton University. His research interests include state and local public finance and economic development. Dzigbede has recently published research in Municipal Finance Journal, Public Finance and Management, Public Administration Review and Policy Studies Journal. Dzigbede has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Ghana, and a Ph.D. in public policy from the Georgia State University.

Weekly Roundup: November 9-13, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 11/13/2020 - 08:53

John Kamensky

Why the Phrase Best Practices Makes Us Jittery

Submitted by on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 09:47

There may be cases in which best practices can apply from city to city and state to state. Best budgeting practices, for example – such as those developed by the Government Finance Officers Association – can certainly be useful. It’s a universally accepted best practice in budgeting, for example, that entities should cover current year expenditures with current year revenues -- not revenues borrowed from the future.

Who can argue with that?

Addressing Open Questions About the Future of CXOs and Mission Support Functions

Submitted by on Wed, 11/11/2020 - 10:13

Co-Author: John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for The Business of Government

Statutory and non-statutory mission support functions have evolved over the past three decades, as described in an earlier post.  Over the years, there have been calls to resolve some open questions, for example with a proposal to update the 30-year-old Chief Financial Officers Act.  These include:

The Road to AGILE GOVERNMENT: Driving Change to Achieve Success

Submitted by on Tue, 11/10/2020 - 09:00

Agile delivery approaches support government goals of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness by improving agency capacity to manage their budgets and delivery dates.

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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