Benefits of Effective IT Governance with Strong Security

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This post is the fourth in a series on how strong IT Governance can help drive effective security across Federal enterprises.  See the first installment.

Weekly Round-up: June 03, 2011

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Three Ways to Improve @WhiteHouse (or Any Large Communications-intensive Organization)

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The White House Twitter feed recently created a survey and asked followers to submit their opinions on how they liked @WhiteHouse and how the @WhiteHouse team could improve their feed.  Here is a quick list of three suggestions that would improve @WhiteHouse - or any other communications-intensive organization.

1. Use hashtags

A Results-Oriented Commerce Department?

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Secretary Locke spoke to a packed audience at the offices of the Partnership for Public Service, where he was introduced by Jeff Zients, the government’s chief performance officer, who said Locke was a good partner in focusing on program execution and strong management, which has borne fruit at the Department of Commerce.

His Leadership Approach

Weekly Round-up: June 10, 2011

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Weekly Roundup, April 11 - 15, 2016

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Chief Data Officers.  Route 50 reports that the Ash Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government announced the formation of the Civic Analytics Network.  This network will be comprise of city-level Chief Data Officers and will “collaborate on shared projects that advance the use of data vi

Seven Management Imperatives: Introduction

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The IBM Center is committed to helping government executives and managers address real world management challenges with practical ideas and original thinking.

Over the last 13 years, we published more than 300 research reports and interviewed some 300 senior government executives.  It is from this rich library that we’ve identified several broad societal trends that we believe are changing what it takes to be a successful leader at all levels of government.

Obama Launches New Campaign to Cut Waste

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On Monday, June 13, in a 4-minuteYouTube message to the American people, the President sat next to a stack of Federal Registers to highlight the steps he taking to take to get rid of “pointless waste, stupid spending.”  

The Anti-Social Business

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NOTE: Today I've invited a colleague, John Bordeaux, to be a guest blogger.  Hope you enjoy his insights as much as I do!

Customer Service Guidance from OMB

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Six weeks ago, President Obama signed an executive order, “Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service,” directing agencies to develop customer service plans by the end of October.  The Office of Management and Budget finally released its guidance to agencies on how to prepare those plans.

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