In a Federal News Radio conversation with reporter Francis Rose and two other guests – Robert Shea, a former OMB executive, and Jon Desenberg, with the Performance Institute – we talked about the Obama Administration’s performance initiatives to date, and the potential implications for agency efforts to measure performance.

On Wednesday, October 15th, there will be three different events focused on the upcoming presidential transition: The 1105 Government Information Group:  “Today’s Strategy for Tomorrow’s Administration” Four Points Sheraton, Washington, DC. 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (open registration; fees:  $295 government; $595 industry)

Transparency is one of the current buzzwords, which is notnecessarily bad. A keystone of democracy is accountabilityand transparency, i.e., providing information is one way forthe government to be accountable. Since no one wants tolook bad, transparency can be a major impetus for programimprovement.