Jeremy Forsberg serves as the Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of Texas at Arlington overseeing the functions of research compliance and pre- and post-award management. He is also the Export Control Officer. Jeremy has 25 years of experience in research administration at varying levels. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Lisa Mosley is the Executive Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects at Yale University. In this role, she provides oversight and leadership to pre-award, administrative and financial post-award, as well as industry and clinical contracting teams. Prior to joining Yale in 2017, she served as the Assistant Vice President of Research Operations at Arizona State University. Lisa has over 25 years of experience in research administration and has worked in a variety of positions in both central administration and the department.
The authors focus on the financial and programmatic compliance requirements of managing grants at universities, with the understanding that at a foundational level, the ethical conduct and integrity of conducting research is critical to the success of the U.S. federal government’s $40 billion annual research and development investment with universities. However, the emphasis on procedural accountability is increasingly undermining the ability of academic researchers to focus their attention on conducting the research itself.
Dan Chenok is Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. He oversees all of the Center's activities in connecting research to practice to benefit government, and has written and spoken extensively around government technology, cybersecurity, privacy, regulation, budget, acquisition, and Presidential transitions. Mr. Chenok previously led consulting services for Public Sector Technology Strategy, working with IBM government, healthcare, and education clients.
The past 30 years have witnessed major change across the management landscape of the federal government. That history provides important lessons both for today’s leaders and for those of future administrations. Yet little has been written about the role leaders and teams have played in the evolution of management reforms—often overcoming high odds to achieve success, sometimes experiencing failure, each time learning and moving forward. And rarely is attention paid to understanding what remains relevant from past experience to inform future strategies.
Margaret Weichert, deputy director for Management, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), joined me on The Business of Government Hour to discuss the Trump administration’s vision for modernizing the U.S. federal government to meet the mission, service, and stewardship realities of the 21st century. This is an excerpt of our conversation.
Inventorying Federal Research.Federal Timesreports: “The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy . . . wants to decrease burden on researchers by setting data repository standards for federal agencies to provide “optimization and improved consistency” across the federal government’s repositories.”
Americans are increasingly dependent on timely, reliable, and accurate information on weather, water, and climate for the protection of life and property, as well as the enhancement of the nation’s economy. In fact, a nationwide survey indicates that weather forecasts generate $35 billion in economic benefits to U.S. households, about six times the cost spent on weather forecasting and research. Extreme weather becomes more common and damaging due to a confluence of physical and socioeconomic factors.
