Sharing Makes Everything Better: Everyone Benefits When Small Data Goes Big

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:30

For decades, urbanites have been tuning in to local radio stations before their morning commute to hear the traffic report.  Based on static cameras at strategic locations, as well as helicopters and tips from motorists or passengers, traffic reports are perfect examples of data that give rise to decisions.  Holland Tunnel is blocked? Route around it.  Pile up on the Inner Loop?

Weekly Round-up: March 21, 2014

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:27

John Kamensky

Performance Budgeting: Lessons from the States

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:24

New research findings by a team led Dr. Daniel Mullins at American University examine recent state-level trends in the use of performance budgeting or “budgeting for results” approaches. This research, presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration, offers some insights for any future federal performance budgeting initiative.

Achieving Cost-Effective, Mission-Based Cybersecurity: Using Risk Management and Analytics to Manage Vulnerabilities and Threats

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:20

Engaging leaders in protecting an organizations’ cyber, IT, and information assets is a critical starting point to effective security. A next logical step for any government or commercial organization is to leverage risk management and analytics to implement a mission-based security program. As organizations move forward, guidance from NIST and evolving capabilities in industry are merging to paint a path forward for agencies to follow.

Weekly Round-up: March 28, 2014

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

 

New Report: A Guide for Innovative Public Servants

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:14

Released by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, “The Persistence of Innovation in Government: A Guide for Innovative Public Servants,” mines data from the 28-year history of the Harvard University’s Kennedy School’s Innovations in American Government Awards (HKS Awards). The report author, University of Toronto Professor Dr.

Weekly Round-up: April 4, 2014

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John Kamensky

Weekly Round-up: January 11, 2013

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

In 2013, we're all growing up a little bit.

A County Manager’s Guide to Shared Services in Local Government

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 15:00

The recent IBM Center report, ‍A County Manager’s Guide to Shared Services in Local Government, by Eric Zeemering and Daryl Delabbio explores the trend amongst local governments to pursue various shared services arrangements. 

Mapping the Government

Submitted by on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 14:59

The National Geographic periodically publishes updated maps of the contours of the U.S. but there is no institution that takes on a similar task, updating the contours of the ever-changing federal government.   However the Administrative Conference has recently updated a long-forgotten “map” last prepared by the Congressional Research Service in 1980.  The authors are David Lewis and Jennifer Selin, of Vanderbilt University.

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