RECORD FOR FOREIGN TRIPS. Roll Call. “The costs of overseas trips taken by Senators and their staffers jumped by about 20 percent last year, reaching an all-time high of more than $5 million in publicly reported costs, which is still likely less than half the actual total.” “CASTLES AT THE CAPITOL.” Press release here. “CastlesRead… Read more »
The cost of quality (COQ) as it relates to project management is frequently misunderstood. It is a monetary figure but it does not solely relate to how much it will cost to provide a quality product or service through the project as most people initially believe. Instead, COQ is also about the costs that willRead… Read more »
Once you’ve laid out some clear goals and the strategies and tasks to accomplish them, you need a way to stay focused. This applies in your own project management career activities, your day job, or even goals you are trying to accomplish around the house. On that topic, I’ve written articles and produced videos toRead… Read more »
Deltek Associate Research Analyst Randi Powell reports. As North Carolina looks to become the latest state to move toward outsourcing its IT consolidation and modernization efforts, it also hopes to avoid the much-publicized missteps of other states. North Carolina is taking great pains to assess its options, review case studies, collaborate with vendors, and developRead… Read more »
Until now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) did not make it easy for commuters to fix or replace lost, damaged, or otherwise defective MetroCards. They had to mail the card back to MTA for a replacement (in some cases postmarked a day after the incident occurred) and answer a lot of questions on a paperRead… Read more »
Chicago Department of Transportation (IL) commissioner Gabe Klein wants to add multi-modal commuter information at the city’s 2,200 bus shelters. Klein, who previously was at the District Department of Transportation (DC), wants to install video screens that display everything from real-time Chicago Transit Authority bus locations to walk times to popular destinations. “Transportation is asRead… Read more »
As part of a federal initiative to cut government waste, the White House announced plans to eliminate at least half of the current inventory of federal websites. According to a White House blog post, there are nearly 2,000 top-level federal domains (dot-gov), but numerous subdomains and micro-sites inflate the list to almost 24,000 websites “ofRead… Read more »
What a creative approach to public health. It has it all. Engaging, creative, edgy and powerful. But what about the Zombie Workplace? Get your survival guide here. The idea is the same. Get a kit, Make a Plan, Be prepared. The best advice we can give is stay connected. Tweet away and post any intelligenceRead… Read more »
In January of this year I posted a discussion paper on Ozloop entitled The public service in a Wikileaks world. Some of the ideas in that paper took me down the path of suggesting that we need a public service renaissance. Like many others, at the time I was very much of the view thatRead… Read more »
In Australia management in the public sector has an unhealthy managerialist bent. In a nutshell, a one size fits all approach coupled with the inherently arrogant notion that ‘more management’ is the solution to everything. In the main, this sad state of affairs has been peddled in the public sector by strategic human resources orRead… Read more »