Jonathan D. Breul

Jonathan D. Breul

Submitted by on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 15:02

Jonathan D. Breul was the Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government and a Partner in IBM Global Business Services.

Senator Mark Warner and Paul A. Volcker announce a new report to comprehensively reform government

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 10:20
Earlier today Senator Mark Warner and former Fed Chair Paul Volcker announced a new report, produced by Paul Light and the Campaign for High Performance Government at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, to comprehensively reform government.
 

Earlier today Senator Mark Warner and former Fed Chair Paul Volcker announced a new report, produced by Paul Light and the Campaign for High Performance Government at the Wag

Obama Launches New Campaign to Cut Waste

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 16:59

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.”  

“Fit for Purpose?” Challenges for Irish Public Administration and Priorities for Public Service Reform.”

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 16:54

Not too long ago Ireland was the miracle of the “Celtic Tiger” and briefly the second-richest country in the European Union.  Then came the economic crisis - leaving Ireland’s people in a wrenching recession and the Irish government carrying an intolerably large debt burden.

Producing an effective program evaluation agenda

Submitted by on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 14:37

In a freshly issued a report: “Program Evaluation: Experienced Agencies Follow a Similar Model for Prioritizing Research,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) acknowledges the Obama Administration’s effort to expand the availability and use of rigorous program evaluation.   Yet not too surprisingly, GAO believes “Few appear to conduct in-depth program evaluations regularly to assess their programs’ impact or inform policymakers on how to improve results”

A budgetary "revolution" in France

Submitted by on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 10:33

The reform, popularly named LOLF after an August 1, 2001 constitutional amendment, defined a new architecture for the French state budget, articulated in terms of mission, programs and actions.   Unlike GPRA, it changes the entire budgetary process rather than adding results-oriented features to an otherwise unchanged process. 

President Obama nominates Gene Dodaro

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 16:04

President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Gene Dodaro to be the next Comptroller General and head of the Government  Accountability Office.    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hss issued a congratulatory statement as well, saying "As the Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro will continue to uphold the public trust as the leader of the GAO.

Performance management lessons from Sweden to New Zealand

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 13:58
At a time when the Office of Management and Budget is asking federal executives and managers to place even more attention on performance management activities, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has released a scanning study of how transportation agencies in Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and Sweden apply performance management. “Linking Transportation Performance and Accountability” documents how transportatio

Do Not Pay List

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 13:49

 

IRMCO 2010

Submitted by on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 13:58

This week the General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting its 49th annual Interagency Resources Management Conference. An estimated 300 Chief Acquisition Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Human Capital Officers, Inspectors General, program managers and other senior executive leaders are attending. It is the most well known government-wide, government-only conference where leaders delve into emerging management issues and how they are being confronted.

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Executive Director Emeritus
IBM Center for The Business of Government

Jonathan D. Breul was the Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government and a Partner in IBM Global Business Services.

Formerly Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Management in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President, Mr. Breul served as OMB's senior career executive with primary responsibility for government-wide general management policies. He helped develop the President's Management Agenda, was instrumental in establishing the President's Management Council, and championed efforts to integrate performance information with the budget process.

He led the development and government-wide implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act. In addition to his OMB activities, he helped Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) launch the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act. He also served for eight years as the U.S. delegate and elected vice chair of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Public Management Committee.

Mr. Breul is an elected Fellow of the National Academy Public Administration (NAPA), and an adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's Graduate Public Policy Institute. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from Northeastern University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College.