Yu-Che Chen

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Overview of Scholarly Activity:

Dr. Ai-Mei Chang

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Ai-Mei Chang is a Professor of Systems Management at the University of Maryland, University College, where she teaches graduate level courses in Information Technology Foundations, Infrastructures, and Security, eBusiness, and Project Management.

She received her Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics and her PhD in Management Information Systems from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

John Cawley

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John Cawley is a Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, and the Department of Economics, at Cornell University, where he co-directs the Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities.  In addition to his affiliation with Cornell, John is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). 

Forthcoming Research Reports

We are pleased to announce our latest round of awards for new reports on key public sector challenges, which respond to priorities identified in the Center's research agenda. Our content is intended to stimulate and accelerate the production of practical research that benefits public sector leaders and managers.

We expect the following reports to be published starting in late 2024.  Short summaries of each report follow:

Say Your Agency Gets Money to Modernize IT … What Do You Do Next?

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 17:08

Blog Co-Authors: Michael Preis, Vice President and Partner, IBM; Vladimr Shebalkin, Federal Migration Factory Services, IBM Global Business Services; and Mike Conger, U.S. Federal Team, IBM Global Business Services

Weekly Roundup: March 12-March 16, 2018

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Michael J. Keegan

White House-backed IT modernization push makes first contract awards. The General Services Administration picked the vendors who will support a plan to centralize modernization best practices.

A New Fellow Joins The Center: John Pereira

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 16:43

John will lead Center thought leadership activity focused on the intelligence enterprise in government, providing insights and recommendations that can help leaders across intelligence agencies improve program performance, effectiveness and efficiency in this critically important mission area. John also serves as Intelligence Industry Leader for Defense & Intelligence for IBM Global Business Services, Public Services Sector. We look forward to John sharing his contributions through the Center’s blogs, reports, and events.

Integrating & Analyzing Data in Government—the Key to 21st Century Security: Observations from Brussels

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 16:27

[Pictured Left:The Roundtable brought together leaders from the EU, NATO, DHS, State Department, and other stakeholder and EU member state officials.]

The Brussels discussion focused on how the the EU and other European organizations and member states can work the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State and other US agencies, to best enable a trusted environment for sharing information.

Weekly Roundup: March 19 -March 23, 2018

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Michael J. Keegan

Omnibus spending bill complicates administration’s reorg plans.   Tucked in the 2,232-page omnibus spending bill is a provision that adds another layer of complication to the Trump administration’s reorganization initiatives. According to the omnibus, agencies cannot simply cut or eliminate a specific program or office unless Congress has authorized the move in an appropriations bill.

Judy Zelio

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 11:55

Judy Zelio is a program director with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Fiscal Affairs Program, where she has been since 1988. She specializes in state tax and budget issues, with a focus on performance budgeting, as well as state-local and state-tribal fiscal issues. She has written numerous articles, reports, and books on these topics. She is co-staff to the NCSL Budgets and Revenue Committee, which includes legislator and legislative staff members from all 50 states and the U.S. territories.

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