Cloud Forecasting
Yes, it is cloudy and raining this week, and the media has been reporting a glut of stories about cloud computing already.  But the IBM Center has released a new report “Moving to the Cloud:  An Introduction to Cloud Computing in Government” that is targeted to executives, not technologists.  The buzz in the technology world around [...]

 Out- and In-Sourcing: True Confessions
Harvard Kennedy School professor Stephan Goldsmith recently shared an insight he learned:  “It is always tempting to set arbitrary goals to drive organizational change. Like most temptations, this one should be resisted. . . . I fell into this trap in 2000, when I served as the chief domestic policy advisor to then-Governor George W. [...]