Reaching New Heights and Revealing the Unknown: Interview with Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:16

We stand at a pivotal moment in space exploration. There are plans to further extend our reach into the solar system, and NASA is leading the way.  An orbiting outpost, the International Space Station (ISS), is home to a crew of astronauts from across the world conducting research and learning how to live and work in space.

Innovation Is a Team Sport

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:14

Successful inventions often spring from the minds of individual inventors – we often think of Thomas Edison at the classic inventor. But successful innovation is a team sport, according to a new Harvard Business Review article by a team of researchers – Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback.

 

Weekly Round-up: June 27, 2014

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:12

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

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Agency Priority Goals, 2014-2015

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:10

Agencies establish a variety of performance goals and objectives to drive progress toward key outcomes. Agencies outline long-term goals and objectives in their strategic plans, and annual performance goals in annual performance plans.

Achieving enterprise security to support agency services

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:08

Increased connectivity has transformed and improved access to government – citizens today can connect with government agencies and leaders in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago.

Are We There Yet? Progress on CAP Goals

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:06

These four-year goals were first announced with the release of the FY 2015 budget back in March. Cobert’s announcement accompanies the first round of statutorily-required quarterly reports on the progress of the 15 Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) goals. 

Reinventing American Healthcare: Interview with Dr. Zeke Emanuel

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:04

The American healthcare system is complex. It was not created complex and expensive from its origins, but evolved to become this way over a period of about 100 years. There is nothing inherent in the way it evolved. It could have been different. But many decisions, often made for reasons having nothing to do with improving healthcare, shaped the healthcare system we have today. Explaining how it works and doesn’t work, its problems, attempts to reform it, and how recent reforms may transform it requires considering an unusual combination of topics.

New: Progress Reports on Agency Priority Goals

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:02

The Obama Administration in 2009 directed agencies to identify a small handful of priorities that they would commit to achieving in a two-year timeframe.  This initiative was embedded into the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010.  Agencies are required to identify priority goals and report on their progress quarterly.  In late June, agency progress reports were posted on the governmentwide performance.gov website.

Weekly Round-up: July 11, 2014

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 18:00

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Social Media in Government: How it works, it's successes and shortcomings, and what it costs us.

New Research Report Recipients

Submitted by on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 17:59

We are pleased to announce our latest round of awards for new reports on key public sector challenges, which respond to priorities identified in the Center's long-term research agenda, see businessofgovernment.org/content/research-stipends.

We expect the following reports to be published in early 2015.  Details of each report are included in the below short summaries.

 

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