Weekly Roundup: December 21, 2020 – January 8, 2021

Submitted by on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 11:33

Civil Servants During Transition. Ron Sanders, in eloquent commentary for Government Executive, writes: “in these far-from-normal times, what is our duty as career civil servants during this potentially turbulent transition?  . . .

The essential role of government in vaccine management

Submitted by on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 11:05

Blog Author:  Hannah Frey, IBM Client Executive, City of New York, IBM Global Markets
Blog Contributor:  Tim Paydos, Vice President & General Manager, Government Industry, IBM Global Markets

We now know much more about the virus, and the science of medicine has made great strides both in treating infection and preventive vaccines. However, developing and manufacturing a vaccine does not mean that we are yet out of the woods.

Anna-Maija Karjalainen

Submitted by on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:02

Anna-Maija Karjalainen has been five years the Director General in the Ministry of Finance of Finland. Her responsibility area is the public sector ICT and digitalization including the digital security. Before joining the Finnish Ministry of Finance she worked five years as the divisional director in the State Treasury of Finland, leading the shared service center for state ICT services.

Weekly Roundup: December 14-18, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 12/18/2020 - 09:56

Michael J. Keegan

Overseeing COVID-19 Pandemic Response Spending

Submitted by on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 23:08

Congress authorized historic levels of emergency funding in response to the coronavirus outbreak. This response involved $2.6 trillion in economic relief to individual citizens, loans for businesses, and support for hospitals and other medical providers, as well as economic relief for impacted businesses, industries, and state, local, and tribal governments.

A key part of this effort was the establishment of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, the PRAC, which is charged with providing a transparent accounting of relief funds.  

Looking Beyond the Federal Data Strategy

Submitted by on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 09:04

There were quiet celebrations a year ago as the long-awaited Federal Data Strategy and a 2020 action plan came to fruition. It involved hundreds of dedicated people across the government and the action plan covered 20 specific elements.

Silo Busting: The Challenges and Successes of Intergovernmental Data Sharing

Submitted by on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 09:00

Even with the stumbles that have occurred in standing up a national system for sharing pandemic-related health data, it has been far more successful than previous efforts to share data between levels of government—or across government agencies at the same level.

This report offers a rich description of what intergovernmental data sharing can offer by describing a range of federal, state, and local data sharing initiatives in various policy arenas, such as social services, transportation, health, and criminal justice.

Driving Data With Emerging Technologies: Insights from GSA and DOD

Submitted by on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 14:04

As government agencies strive to improve service by implementing advanced technologies, how that data informs strategy and business decisions represents a critical element of success. The IBM Center for The Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service recently hosted the first of two virtual panels on this subject, focused on readying agency data by using artificial intelligence and other technology solutions.

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