Re-Thinking Government Management and Operations Given the Impact of COVID-19: A Challenge Grant Competition

Weekly Roundup: July 20-24, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 07/24/2020 - 15:47

Data Failure. Don Kettl, in commentary for Government Executive, writes: “Without a standard, trusted language of COVID data collection, it’s been hard to measure the disease, track its trend, and build effective policy.  . .

What Covid teaches us about community

Submitted by on Thu, 07/23/2020 - 09:59

Kettl is a guest blogger for the IBM Center for the Business of Government and author of The Divided States of America (Princeton University Press, 2020).

It’s been like the devastating assault of Hurricane Katrina on America’s Gulf coast in 2005—multiplied more than a thousand times over. No part of the country has escaped as the virus has hop-scotched around, now hitting many communities that thought they had been spared. 

The Mindsets of Innovators in Government

Submitted by on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 09:52

Technology innovation is happening via cross-agency communities of practice and incubation hubs supported by the federal chief information officer and the General Services Administration.

Dr. Alan R. Shark

Submitted by on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 14:38

Dr. Alan R. Shark has been the Executive Director of Public Technology Institute (PTI) in Washington DC since 2004. PTI is now part of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and Chair of its Standing Panel on Technology Leadership. In addition, he is an Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, and a Course Developer/Instructor at Rutgers University Center for Government Services.

Part 6: Distance Work: Home Alone?

Submitted by on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 10:19

[Note: This column also appears in Washington Technology. It is the sixth in a series on how the COVID-19 crisis has changed how government works. Emily Craig and Michaela Drust, IBM, are co-authors of this column.]

Cybersecurity Risk Management – Resources for Agency Action

Submitted by on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 15:15

The proliferation in the use of technologies such as social media, the Internet of Things, mobility, and cloud computing by government agencies has increased the potential cyber risks facing those agencies.  Diverse agency data stores extend the source of risk throughout government organizations, bringing the need for new approaches that move beyond traditional security precautions.

Weekly Roundup: July 13-17, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 11:16

John Kamensky

Need Evidence, Data. Robert Shea, in commentary for Federal News Network, writes: “Government agencies must step up their arbitration of evidence about effective practices in the current crisis and in every other domain in which they have expertise. It is the perfect time to add questions about what works to agency learning agendas.”

Leadership Insights from Public Servants

Submitted by on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 22:31

For over twenty years, The Business of Government Hour has brought you leading government executives who are changing the way government does business. Each week, our guests join us for an informative, insightful, and in-depth conversation about the agencies they lead and the missions they pursue.  It is from this rich library that we have culled together their insights on leadership and what it means to be a public servant leader.

 

Lessons From Leaders of Government Innovation

Submitted by on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 16:49

The obstacles to implementing technological innovation in government often have less to do with hardware and software than people and processes. How can leaders recognize the need for new technology? How can innovators find funding and put the pieces in place to test a new idea? How does an agency define and measure success?

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