Designing, developing, and deploying artificial intelligence systems: Lessons from and for the public sector - part two

Submitted by on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 14:36

Previous Center authors Kevin Desouza and Gregory Dawson and I recently wrote a paper on Artificial Intelligence and the public sector that was published in Business Horizons, a Journal of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.  This article will appear on our blog in a three-part series to include background infor

Weekly Roundup: January 27 - 31, 2020

Submitted by on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 14:15

John Kamensky

Managing Enterprise Risk

Submitted by on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 22:43

Federal agencies are hardly immune to the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” and uncertainty. Each day federal agency leaders  face risks associated with fulfilling their respective program missions and yet today’s headlines present stories of cyber hacks, abuses of power, extravagant spending, and a host of other risk management failures. In some cases, if leaders had taken the time to foresee and mitigate potential risks, many of these failures could have been either avoided or at least had less of an impact.

Reducing Administrative Burden

Submitted by on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 09:26

Since 1991, the federal government has imposed 110 new requirements on university research grant recipients.  But it capped reimbursement for administrative costs in 1991 to be no more than 26 percent of a grant.  Partly because of the cap and increased mandates, universities have increased spending on research by $7 billion between 2010 and 2017 from their own resources.

What are some examples of these new requirements?

David Ngo

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 13:05

David Ngo is an Associate Provost at The New School. He leads, manages, coordinates, and oversees all university research awards, facilitates research advancements and coordinates the development of high-impact disciplinary and multidisciplinary projects. David also teaches courses for The New School in Parsons School of Design Strategies.

Jeremy Forsberg

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 13:03

Jeremy Forsberg serves as the Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of Texas at Arlington overseeing the functions of research compliance and pre- and post-award management. He is also the Export Control Officer. Jeremy has 25 years of experience in research administration at varying levels. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Lisa Mosley

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 13:01

Lisa Mosley is the Executive Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects at Yale University. In this role, she provides oversight and leadership to pre-award, administrative and financial post-award, as well as industry and clinical contracting teams. Prior to joining Yale in 2017, she served as the Assistant Vice President of Research Operations at Arizona State University. Lisa has over 25 years of experience in research administration and has worked in a variety of positions in both central administration and the department.

Reducing Administrative Burden in Federal Research Grants to Universities

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 11:33

The authors focus on the financial and programmatic compliance requirements of managing grants at universities, with the understanding that at a foundational level, the ethical conduct and integrity of conducting research is critical to the success of the U.S. federal government’s $40 billion annual research and development investment with universities. However, the emphasis on procedural accountability is increasingly undermining the ability of academic researchers to focus their attention on conducting the research itself.

Dan Chenok and John Kamensky

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 10:03

Dan Chenok is Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. He oversees all of the Center's activities in connecting research to practice to benefit government, and has written and spoken extensively around government technology, cybersecurity, privacy, regulation, budget, acquisition, and Presidential transitions. Mr. Chenok previously led consulting services for Public Sector Technology Strategy, working with IBM government, healthcare, and education clients.

Meet the Individuals Behind Government Success Stories

Submitted by on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 09:58

The past 30 years have witnessed major change across the management landscape of the federal government. That history provides important lessons both for today’s leaders and for those of future administrations. Yet little has been written about the role leaders and teams have played in the evolution of management reforms—often overcoming high odds to achieve success, sometimes experiencing failure, each time learning and moving forward. And rarely is attention paid to understanding what remains relevant from past experience to inform future strategies.

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