Mark Lerner, Director, Technology & Innovation, Partnership for Public Service

Mark Lerner leads the Partnership’s technology and innovation portfolio, where he works to build a modern government that delivers equitable services and effective outcomes to the public by employing modern ways of working. Mark is an active member of the public interest tech community, where he has long worked to bring modern ways of building digital services into government. His prior work and research with the Harvard Kennedy School, the U.S. Digital Service, the City of San Francisco, and other organizations have built up his love for public service.

Employing Secure and Scalable Cloud Solutions: A Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour

What is cloud computing? Why are U.S federal agencies increasingly employing secure and scalable cloud solutions? How does doing this help agencies transform how they operate?  Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more on The Business of Government Hour.

 

Broadcast Date: 
Monday, July 10, 2023 - 10:43

Weekly Roundup: April 3-7, 2023

Easterly Voices Urgent Need to Set AI Regulatory Landscape.  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly warned on Thursday that the United States needs to quickly determine the regulatory landscape for development of AI technologies, which she said have the potential to become the most consequential – and perhaps dangerous – technologies of the 21st century.

Leading the Defense Logistics Agency

As the nation’s combat logistics support agency, the Defense Logistics Agency manages the end-to-end global defense supply chain – from raw materials to end user disposition. “Our mission is to ‘deliver readiness and lethality to the warfighter always and support our nation through quality, proactive global logistics,” explains Vice Admiral Michelle Skubic, director of DLA. To accomplish this mission, this agency has a staff of about 25,000 employees divided into multiple supply chains that contract for material and services across the military classes of supply.

Weekly Roundup: March 27-March 31, 2023

The 12 tricks to getting things done, from 'deliverologist' Sir Michael Barber. A self-confessed 'deliverologist', Barber understands how to get things done -- a skill that is fundamental to good leadership. Barber is most famous for setting up and running Tony Blair's Prime Minister's Delivery Unit. It's a function that was later copied by governments across the world.

How Can Agencies Tap the Cloud to Improve Service? Insights from Experts

At a recent event co-hosted by the IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service, government leaders highlighted how agencies can adopt secure, scalable cloud solutions to transform government operations and deliver effective and equitable digital public services. 

Defining Agile Government: A Conversation with Ed DeSeve, Coordinator, Agile Government Center, National Academy of Public Administration

What is agile government? How can employing agile principles improve how government does business? What are the key tools and enablers to realizing the promise of agile government in action? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Ed DeSeve, Coordinator of the Agile Government Center at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA and author of a host of reports on agile government.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, September 4, 2023 - 10:45
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Government Management: 25 years of informing today and envisioning tomorrow

This year, the IBM Center for The Business of Government marks 25 years of connecting public management research to practice with the goal of improving government performance. Since its creation in 1998, the Center has sought to help public sector leaders and managers address real-world problems and more effectively respond to mission and management challenges.

Building Cybersecurity Resiliency for Government: Insights from Experts

Each year, the volume of cyberattacks and their impact reaches new levels. The number of cyberattacks targeting governments increased 95% worldwide during the last half of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021 while the cost of public sector data breaches increased 7.25% between March 2021 and March 2022.

Weekly Roundup: March 20- March 24, 2023

NEW REPORT: Preparing governments for future shocks: An action plan to build cyber resilience in a world of uncertainty. A new report that outlines a series of actionable steps designed to help governments emerge stronger from current and future cyber shocks.

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