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Weekly Round-up: October 12, 2012

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:40

It's never too late! A little more than a year ago, I wrote "I Will Leave Facebook (But not Twitter) for Good - You Will, Too" That didn't really happen. But! NASA is out with some tips on how government agencies can use Google+ more effectively.

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Smart Policies for Smartphones: Managing Productivity

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:37

Some companies, famously, have game rooms for employees. Most organizations require that their employees abstain from gaming while at work, and some go so far as to block not only gaming Websites, but many social sites as well. When employees bring their own smartphones to work, however, and when they connect to the internet using their own networks, employers cannot simply block a site on their own server and think they've solved the problem of distracting technology.

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The Next Four Years: Managing a Balancing Act

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:32

Twenty years ago, federal agencies typically did not have senior executives leading key mission support functions such as finance, technology, acquisition, or workforce. Over those two decades, Congress created a series of “chief” positions, reflecting trends in the private sector – chief financial officers, chief information technology officers, chief acquisition officers, and chief human capital officers. They recently added performance improvement officers but without the “chief” title.

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Forging Governmental Change: Lessons from Transformations Led by Robert Gates of DOD and Francis Collins of NIH

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:30

These are important and age-old questions.

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Weekly Round-up: October 05, 2012

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:22

Of Slivovitz and Twitter. This somewhat-ambiguous independent clause of the first sentence of this Washington Post article says everything you need to know: "The Secret Service has formally adopted new policies on the use of alcohol and social media, "
Of Quads and Quora.

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The Next Four Years: Citizen Participation

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:20

Americans, even before they were Americans, have always practiced participatory government. In fact, one of the most famous documents that serves as an example of citizens participating in their governance was written and signed before its authors even set foot on Western soil: The Mayflower Compact.

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Government Reform: Inspirations from Developing Countries (Part 5)

Submitted by sfreidus on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:14

four developing countries.

The World Bank seminars this past Spring continue to have me mulling about the progress of the performance movement internationally, and how surprised I was that several countries seem to be putting foundations for performance in place at two or three times the speed of more developed countries. Four countries struck me as making notable progress, which are summarized in earlier blog posts: Colombia, South Africa, Kenya, and Malaysia: