Reverse auctions—auctions where an organization posts a buying requirement and interested suppliers drive prices down as they bid against one another to win the auction—are a simple idea whose time has come.
President Obama put Vice President Biden in charge of the implementation of the $787 billion Recovery Act. Ed DeSeve had an eagle eye’s view of the interaction between agencies, states, localities, and non-profits.
The Center has recently published four reports that discuss innovative ways government agencies can increase energy efficiency and sustainability, and examine environmental collaboration.
Energy-efficiency and sustainability never really go out of fashion. Recently, however, a new emphasis has been placed on better use of energy and greater stewardship of the environment--especially by government organizations.
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of October 31. 2011.
Gadi Ben-Yehuda
This past Monday, I led a Webinar for GSA on the basics of government use of Facebook and Twitter. This week, I saw quite a few articles on how and why government agencies are using social media (or how they could use it better) and how to measure their effectiveness with those tools.
A new report, "Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation: Expanding Ways to Provide Cost-Effective Services," provides insight into a program through which Federal agencies work with States and cities on improving performance and reducing cost in programs that serve citizens.
A new report written by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), the Partnership for Public Service (PPS) and the IBM Center for The Business of Government, “
