Defining Agile Government

Submitted by on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 14:52

Others have developed guides for agile organizational transformation and are assisting in its implementation.  Governments around the world have begun to leverage this progress, similarly adopting agile principles to transform their organizations. 

Recently, a colleague asked me, “What is Agile Government?”  I didn’t have a concise answer ready.  The quote below contains the National Academy of Public Administration’s current definition of Agile Government.  In fact, the precise definition of what constitutes Agile Government is currently evolving in many venues around the globe. 

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler

Submitted by on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 18:16
Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler teaches conflict freedom at Columbia University. She is the founding principal a New York–based consulting firm that counsels CEOs and executive teams on how to optimize organizational health and growth. A former counterterrorism research fellow with the US Department of Homeland Security, she is a graduate of Tufts University and holds a Ph.D. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, author of Optimal Outcomes

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Weekly Roundup: Feb 17 - Feb 21, 2020

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Michael J. Keegan

TSA to roll out strategic plan for insider threats next month. Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Patricia Cogswell said that as screening tech has improved, insider threats have become an increasingly attractive attack vector for bad actors.

Mobilizing Capital Investment to Modernize Government

Submitted by on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:00

Many governments around the world seek ways to serve their constituents and carry out their missions more effectively and with greater efficiency. This imperative takes on even greater import as emerging technology and business paradigms raise expectations from the public and enable new channels of collaboration between government and industry.

Kenneth Buck

Submitted by on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 17:38

Dr. Kenneth J. Buck, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor of Contracts and Acquisition Management within the School of Continuing & Professional Studies at the University of Virginia. Formerly he was a senior executive in the federal sector, with over 30 years as an innovator and change-agent in the disciplines of Acquisition & Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Human Capital, and Organizational Change Management. He designs and fields business intelligence models and algorithms to predict and measure organizational efficiency.

John Marshall

Submitted by on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:52

John Marshall is a nationally recognized thought leader in government shared services. He is passionate about their potential to transform government, and he has published articles, testified to Congress and advised the White House about them.

Performance Management: An Emphasis on Accountability

Submitted by on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 08:57

April 23, 1998. A bipartisan summit, of sorts, on the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) was being broadcast by C-SPAN and I had been tasked with drafting Vice President Al Gore’s remarks. The summit was hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration and the Council for Excellence in Government and included the House majority leader, Richard Armey, as well as one of GPRA’s lead Senate sponsors, Sen. John Glenn.

Weekly Roundup: Feb 10 - Feb 14, 2020

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Michael J. Keegan

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