Providing Quality Data and Information

Submitted by on Wed, 05/19/2021 - 22:28

The U.S. Census Bureau is the federal government’s largest statistical agency that provides current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy. The first census took place in 1790. As required by the U.S. Constitution, a census has been taken every 10 years thereafter. In 1840, the Census Act authorized the establishment of a centralized Census Office. In 1902, the Census Office became a permanent organization within the new Department of Interior and Labor.

Can We Look Forward to a New Decade of Innovation?

Submitted by on Wed, 05/19/2021 - 12:37

Can we  look forward to a new decade of innovation, asked The Economist in its January 16 issue. “The 2010s were marked by pessimism about innovation,” notes the issue’s overview article.

Leveraging the TMF for the secure modernization of high value assets

Submitted by on Tue, 05/18/2021 - 10:46

Last week we published the first in an ongoing series of commentaries intended to highlight the Technology Modernization Fund as a funding option available to agencies to modernize critical systems while lessening reliance on costly legacy systems and reducing cyber risk. In this first post, we outlined elements of the Office of Management and Budget’s TMF/American Rescue Plan (APR) guidance that were just recently updated.

Getting the 'Bosses of Procurement' to Understand its Strategic Value

Submitted by on Mon, 05/17/2021 - 14:25

As a rule, focus on government procurement grows particularly acute during crisis situations. There has likely been no more vivid example of this phenomenon than that experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. With daily headlines blaring words about shortages of medical devices and personal protective equipment, many procurement officials found themselves in a prominent hot seat at the table of government decision-makers.

Weekly Roundup: May 10-14, 2021

Submitted by on Fri, 05/14/2021 - 14:45

Federal CIO Martorana: $1B TMF lets agencies ‘apply for projects that previously were out of their reach’. With the release of the new guidance last week for agencies to submit proposals to receive some of the $1 billion in the Technology Modernization Fund, Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana issued her first major policy decision that her fellow CIOs, industry and especially Congress will b

Know Your Agency’s Risk Profile

Submitted by on Thu, 05/13/2021 - 10:00

Now more than 100-days into the Biden Administration, with a new team of political appointees gradually filling out agency leadership roles, there is renewed relevance to a call that was made in 2019 for leaders to embrace Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). While no magic bullet, ERM can help these new government leaders navigate through a landscape of escalating threats and challenges by equipping them with enhanced organizational and individual capabilities for identifying, assessing and managing risks to agency missions.

Lessons from COVID

Submitted by on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 13:11

By mid-May, 35 percent of Americans were fully vaccinated, with millions more receiving a vaccine each day. Meanwhile, the number of new cases was just 11 percent of the total back in January. This is, quite simply, an enormous technical and administrative breakthrough, with governments working with the medical community and other stakeholders to reach a growing share of the public.

Setting up For IT success: Enhancing the impact of the Technology Modernization Fund

Submitted by on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 11:26

Last week, the Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance regarding priorities and processes for agencies to submit proposals for the Technology Modernization Fund that support the American Rescue Plan Act.   The guidance provides important insights on how the TMF can be leveraged to address mission objectives.

Alison Post and Alex Pan

Submitted by on Mon, 05/10/2021 - 10:38

Alexandra Pan is a Master's student in Transportation Engineering and joined TSRC in the fall of 2018. She is working on projects about shared mobility and travel behavior. Prior to studying at Berkeley, Alex completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University in 2016, and worked at General Motors as a Hybrid/Electric Propulsion Systems Engineer. Alex's interests other than transportation include reading, watching baseball, and Olympic weightlifting. alexpan33@berkeley.edu

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