The Secret Sauce of Effective Progress Reviews

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So, how do you make PerformancStat meetings effective?  OMB says that these review meetings should be constructive and focus on learning.  Astute observers, such as Harry Hatry at the Urban Institute, say that leaders of these meetings need to be “hands on” and actively engaged in order to convey the

Weekly Round-up: April 18, 2014

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The Center is pleased to release the Spring 2014 The Business of Government magazine. This edition of The Business of Government magazine underscores the importance of correlating short-term decision-making with long-range consequences.

Leadership in Action - The Business of Government Magazine Spring 2014

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In meeting varied missions, government executives confront significant challenges. Responding properly to them must be guided and informed by the harsh fiscal and budgetary realities of the day. It can no longer be simply a wishful platitude that government do more with less. Leaders need to change the way government does business to make smarter use of increasingly limited resources—leveraging technology and innovation to be more efficient, effective, anticipatory, adaptive, and evidence-based in delivering missions and securing the public trust.

Weekly Round-up: April 25, 2014

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Weekly Round-up: December 14, 2012

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Power Tools of Government

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What are the major levers for driving changes in government agencies? Traditional tools are statutory changes, budgetary controls, and executive orders. But one that seasoned government executives will use to drive change is control over delegations of authority.

Emerging Innovation and Social Media Trends: Products-on-Demand (PonD) Part II

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Last week, I wrote about 3D Printing Plus and the creation of a market place that I call “Products-on-Demand” (hereafter, "PonD")  This week, I’m going to write about what that market will look like in, say, five years when it’s much further along.  Specifically, I’m going to explore what the technology will enable (with emphasis on some of the other trends I’ve detailed: always-on connected computers and networked sensors); how people and companies will use that technology for personal and professional ends; and government’s role in fostering and participating in the space.

 

OMB Updates Performance.Gov: Some Q&As

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Last week, OMB released a new and substantially improved Performance.gov website, with in-depth performance information on individual agency priority goals. This represents a significant step forward from the initial release in August 2011, which listed and described the goals, but did not provide much detail about them.  I had a chance to talk with some OMB staff about what’s new about the website, and take a quick browse through it. Here’s a summary of what I learned.

The Operator's Manual - An Update of Chapter 2: Performance

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The IBM Center is releasing an update to its 2009 “The Operator’s Manual for the New Administration” for the use of new executives in the federal government. This updated chapter reflects statutory changes since 2009 and provides insights on how executives can improve performance in their agencies’ programs.

 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

SUBJECT: Performance

Weekly Round-up: December 31, 2012

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On behalf of everyone at the Center for The Business of Government, I want to wish you a happy, healthy, exciting 2013.  We look back at 2012 with a mixture of relief, gratitude, amazement, and some sadness.  We bid a fond and heart-felt farewell to our executive director of many years, Jonathan Breul, and shortly thereafter welcomed his successor, Dan Chenok.  We published numerous reports of which we are very proud and hosted insightful guests on The Business of Government Hour.

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