For the last 14 years, the IBM Center for The Business of Government has worked to bring external research and leadership perspectives to causes and potential solutions for hard problems facing the public sector. Dan Chenok has recently taken over as the executive director for the center of business of government at IBM. He replacesRead… Read more »
We know, we know, budgets are tight. It seems like that the age of austerity is an constant refrain in government. But the real question is how do you manage in these tough fiscal times? James Nardozzi is the Dean of Post College and Director of the Post University Master of Public Administration degree program.Read… Read more »
Every government agency has been there — under the media spotlight. Yes the GSA conference, Secret Service., BP oil spill. We can go on, right? Feds are in the news a lot these days — but it’s rarely the good kind of press. More often than not, feds are making the front page for incidentsRead… Read more »
On today’s Edition of the DorobekINSIDER We know budgets are tight — but are they the most austere budgets ever? A historical perspective on the budget crunch — and advice on how to survive it. Click here for the full story. Beating back from the bad press — leading when times are tough. Click hereRead… Read more »
Just about every government department or agency has a backlog of work. Many just accept government backlogs as a way of life and do not try different approaches to address their operations. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a large backlog of cases but to its credit they are establishing big measurable goals toRead… Read more »
How do you make sure that every project in your state or organization is working towards an overall mission in the most efficient and cost effective way? Alex Pettit, CIO of the State of Oklahoma, talks with Chris Dorobek of the DorobekINSIDER about the need for enterprise architecture when strategically planning the high level goalsRead… Read more »
According to comedian John Cleese, the only way to be truly creative is to have “boundaries of space, and boundaries of time.” He argues that in a frenetic, multi-tasking world, innovation can only take place in an environment where the unconscious is allowed to explore thoughts without fear of interruptions. This downtime has helped himRead… Read more »
In another example of governments around the world realizing they need to focus on better project management, the Cayman Islands’ Auditor General issued a report to this effect. Like the UK example last week, this is a call for better project management in government. Again we see recommendations for the establishment of a “Centre forRead… Read more »
This is the second in a five part series, originally published on the Tri Tuns blog. In the last blog I told you how I recently I came across a page of Mark Twain quotes and in reading them I realized that the insights and teachings of a man who died decades before modern informationRead… Read more »
For the month of July, Eric Erickson will be taking over this blog from Julie. Eric is a communications colleague of Julie’s from the IRS Recruitment office. In the last decade, I’ve seen many changes to how we perform work at the IRS – especially when it comes to how we communicate. When I startedRead… Read more »