Weekly Roundup: Feb 24-Feb 28, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 02/28/2020 - 11:07

Michael J. Keegan

VA health record go-live pushed back to July. The Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying a planned initial deployment of its $16 billion electronic health record project by four months, but is promising added functionality at the go-live date.

Performance Management: An Emphasis on Learning

Submitted by on Thu, 02/27/2020 - 12:37

Legendary Police Commissioner William Bratton presided at one end of the U-shaped table with a podium in the center and two screens behind. A precinct commander for one of the city’s 77 police precincts was at the podium.

Evolving Use of Artificial Intelligence in Government

Submitted by on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 16:58
The use of artificial and augmented intelligence (AI) in government is expanding as the application of these tools and techniques continue to evolve. Governments are embracing AI for mission critical services that include identifying insider threats, supporting military deployment planning and scheduling, and answering routine questions about services.

The perennial siege on performance auditors

Submitted by on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 09:13

A little under a year ago, Glendale Arizona’s City Council passed a proposal that terminated the position of the City Auditor, moving the city’s one auditor to a new city department, which now outsources its reviews and evaluations of the city’s agencies and services.  A manager and an audit committee, which include three city council members was established to oversee the new effort.

Defining Agile Government

Submitted by on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 14:52

Others have developed guides for agile organizational transformation and are assisting in its implementation.  Governments around the world have begun to leverage this progress, similarly adopting agile principles to transform their organizations. 

Recently, a colleague asked me, “What is Agile Government?”  I didn’t have a concise answer ready.  The quote below contains the National Academy of Public Administration’s current definition of Agile Government.  In fact, the precise definition of what constitutes Agile Government is currently evolving in many venues around the globe. 

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler

Submitted by on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 18:16
Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler teaches conflict freedom at Columbia University. She is the founding principal a New York–based consulting firm that counsels CEOs and executive teams on how to optimize organizational health and growth. A former counterterrorism research fellow with the US Department of Homeland Security, she is a graduate of Tufts University and holds a Ph.D. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, author of Optimal Outcomes

Submitted by on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 18:11
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, June 22, 2020 - 09:00
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Weekly Roundup: Feb 17 - Feb 21, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 12:56

Michael J. Keegan

TSA to roll out strategic plan for insider threats next month. Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Patricia Cogswell said that as screening tech has improved, insider threats have become an increasingly attractive attack vector for bad actors.

Mobilizing Capital Investment to Modernize Government

Submitted by on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:00

Many governments around the world seek ways to serve their constituents and carry out their missions more effectively and with greater efficiency. This imperative takes on even greater import as emerging technology and business paradigms raise expectations from the public and enable new channels of collaboration between government and industry.

Kenneth Buck

Submitted by on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 17:38

Dr. Kenneth J. Buck, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor of Contracts and Acquisition Management within the School of Continuing & Professional Studies at the University of Virginia. Formerly he was a senior executive in the federal sector, with over 30 years as an innovator and change-agent in the disciplines of Acquisition & Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Human Capital, and Organizational Change Management. He designs and fields business intelligence models and algorithms to predict and measure organizational efficiency.

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