Smart Transportation Reimagines R&D: Tackle Curves, Take Flight
“Transportation at its best facilitates the efficient flow of resources, the efficient movement of people, ...
Supporting The Recovery of U.S. Supply Chains
Supply chain issues persist and threaten to further impact every aspect of the U.S. public ...
Applying Critical and Analytical Thinking in Data Visualizations
Sparked in 2018 by a Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset, ...
The Ladder of Inference: Improve Communications and Relationships in the Workplace
Have you ever stopped to think about the things that you just inherently know and ...
Conversations that Improve Organizational Culture
Conversations in organizations generally happen because we need to provide or seek information or give ...
Chief Innovation Officer Tools: Developing a Socially Balanced Strategy
The identification of chief innovation officer roles in both the public and private sector is ...
Are the Most Valuable Events Virtual or Personal?
Bloomberg Businessweek has highlighted the pros and cons of virtual conferences and training as compared to ...
Developing the Federal Acquisition Workforce
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy reports that the Federal Government pays contractors more than 1 in ...
GAO: Using Program Evaluations for More Effective Management
The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) was intended to provide federal ...
Modernizing Federal IT Acquisitions
A visit to the Federal IT Dashboard is a reminder of the critical need to bring innovation ...
Strengthening DOD Supply Chain Management
Since 1990, Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain management has been a documented high-risk area ...
Basics of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) provides the Federal Government with a common approach for the strategic ...
Basics of Open Data Policy and Federal Awards
Open Data is a U.S. initiative brought about through an Executive Order, Making Open and Machine Readable ...
Enterprise Architecture at HHS
This is the second article in a 3-part series covering the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework. ...
GAO Reports on DATA Act Governance
Mention the Federal Government, and it is impossible not to picture mountains of data. The Digital Accountability ...
GAO Scheduling Best Practices
Government acquisitions rely on project scheduling for successful program execution. An integrated master schedule (IMS) ...
Getting the Most Value from Virtual Decision-Making Tools
Multiple decisions occur every day in most organizations, and in a variety of contexts, from ...
Decision-Making Tools for Better Outcomes
The ability to make a decision with a high probability of a successful outcome is ...
Government Social Media Impact
Social media is a powerful tool for organizations of all types, including governments. Government agencies ...
Organizational Design to Support a Changing Strategy
Jay Galbraith’s Star Model of organizational design is a well-known and widely implemented concept in both the ...
A Basic Big Data Introduction for Non-Technical Leaders
Contributed by Dr. Paul Eder Most companies, outside of large analytics-oriented shops like Google and ...
IT Acquisition Added to GAO High Risk List
The United States Government invests nearly $80 billion annually for IT functions. Despite initiatives to ...
Strategic Development of Operational Activities
The strategic development of functional operational activities from higher-level business processes is a task that ...
Big Data at Work – Where to Begin?
Analyzing data to improve organizational outcomes is not a new concept. From “Decision Support” to ...
Closing the Federal Data Skills Gap
Big Data and data analytics can contribute greatly to success of organizations, both public and private ...
Category Management to Reform Government Procurement
Federal Government annual spending exceeds $50 billion for IT-related services, security, hardware, software and telecommunications. While recent ...
The Diversity of Scrum Today
Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. While traditionally used for software development, ...
Technology Can be a Facade for Civic Innovation
Until recently, executives have struggled to integrate innovation offices into the changing landscape of government ...
Assessing Innovation Strategies
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School ...
Big Data Empowers Citizens and Improves Services
Big Data gets a lot of press these days; often to point out potential mismanagement, ...
5 Ways to Apply E-Learning in the Public Sector
Over time, changes in technology have made it less costly and more feasible to codify, ...
Best Practices for Big Data Adoption
Despite the fact that the public sector has fallen behind private industry in embracing Big ...
Risk Management Lessons from the GAO
The National Defense Authorization Act directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to annually assess a ...
Trending Everyday: Business Process Reengineering
Business process reengineering may not be at the forefront of what is trending on today’s ...
Creating Buy-In for Telework
The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 directed agencies to establish policies and procedures for telework and was ...
Managing Business Process Reengineering
Business process reengineering in support of mission objectives is a valuable effort. The GAO Business Process ...
The Future of Government Digital Services
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched its 18F Team; a digital services delivery team ...
Supplier Strategy for IT Innovation
The complexity of managing supplier portfolios, coupled with the need to apply cost saving strategies, ...
Cloud Computing in the Government
Cloud computing in the government, at first mention, sounds like a great idea, especially during ...