Wednesday, July 10, 2013
OMB’s guidance to agencies on the development of their FY 2015 budgets promises that “OMB will issue a separate memo at a later date that encourages the increased use of evidence and evaluation, including rigorous testing of innovative strategies to...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Now that Instagram has been approved for government use, how should government use it?
Monday, July 8, 2013
Professor Wyld argues that more aggressively managing the tail of government spending - smaller, non-core expenditures that tend to receive less attention - offers the possibility of substantial cost savings.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
A recent GAO report on the executive branch’s approach to new requirements in the Government Performance and Results Act recommends that “OMB improve the implementation of the act.”
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The Obama Administration has built on efforts from the Bush Administration to embed the use of evidence and evaluation in making funding decisions. There are now four different types of initiatives underway, or proposed, in a range of federal agencies.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
New reports will explore themes of innovation, crowdsourcing, financial management, and performance-based budgeting.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
What ever became of the new statutory provision requiring agencies to “identify low-priority program activities?”
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of June 24, 2012
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Since the creation of the IBM Center for The Business of Government over 15 years ago, we have sought to help public sector leaders and managers address real-world problems by sponsoring independent, third-party research from top minds in academe and the
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Policymakers are fixated on short-term budget austerity measures such as furloughs, pay freezes, and conference and travel spending. However, there is a small, but growing effort to take a longer, more strategic look at how to manage austerity by...

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