Weekly Roundup December 11-15, 2023

IRS Sets New Leadership Structure; CIO one of Four ‘Chiefs’. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel announced big steps to reorganize the agency’s leadership structure today, aiming to reflect the transformation goals the agency has been undertaking since the com

Emergency Preparedness and Response: Insights on Resiliency

Insights detailed in this chapter derive from the IBM Center report, Partnering for Resilience: A Practical Approach to Emergency Preparedness as well as informed by the Future Shock roundtable discussion and resources.

How Can AI Improve Performance in Tax Administration?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has surged across government. National and international legislation has been proposed, and U.S. Federal agencies are now implementing requirements set forth in the new Executive Order on AI. Such policy and progress affect government work across civilian and defense sectors – including work done by tax agencies with the public and business communities.

NEW BOOK Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance

Today governments face very serious, seemingly intractable public management challenges that go to the core of effective governance and leadership, testing the very form, structure, and capacity required to meet these problems head-on. Many of these challenges are wickedly complex not respecting bureaucratic boundaries, nonlinear, and fluid in nature: “where very small effects may produce disproportionate impacts” In many ways, traditional approaches of government seem obsolete and incapable of properly responding to them.

Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance

How can we find value in the unexpected? What can we do to be more resilient? How can we leverage innovation to improve government performance? Join Michael Keegan on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour as he explores these questions and more celebrating the 25th anniversary of the IBM Center for The Business of Government.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, February 19, 2024 - 10:37

Weekly Roundup December 4-8, 2023

Federal CIO: ‘This is the Moment’ for Government CX Gains. Federal CIO Clare Martorana exhorted government officials along with technology vendors to seize the present moment to make needed improvements in how citizens interact with government agencies and services.

Transforming the Business of Government – Reflections on a Quarter Century’s Work

This week, the IBM Center for The Business of Government was honored to host many leaders to commemorate the Center’s 25th anniversary, and to launch a new book, Transforming the Business of Government:  Reflections on Resilience, Innovation, and Performance.   With this post, we share some observations and images about the event and a first view of the book.

Leading IT at the Securities and Exchange Commission: A Conversation with David Bottom, Chief Information Officer, SEC

What is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s IT strategy? How is the SEC modernizing its technology infrastructure? What is it doing to expand its data analytics capabilities to better meet its mission? Join Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with David Bottom, Chief Information Officer at the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, December 4, 2023 - 10:46
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David Bottom, Chief Information Officer, SEC

David Bottom was named as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Chief Information Officer in December 2019 and officially joined the agency in January 2020.

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