The Next Four Years: Managing a Balancing Act

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Twenty years ago, federal agencies typically did not have senior executives leading key mission support functions such as finance, technology, acquisition, or workforce.  Over those two decades, Congress created a series of “chief” positions, reflecting trends in the private sector – chief financial officers, chief information technology officers, chief acquisition officers, and chief human capital officers.  They recently added performance improvement officers but without the “chief” title.

Weekly Round-up: October 05, 2012

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 16:22
  • Of Slivovitz and Twitter.  This somewhat-ambiguous independent clause of the first sentence of this Washington Post article says everything you need to know: "The Secret Service has formally adopted new policies on the use of alcohol and social media, "
  • Of Quads and Quora.

The Next Four Years: Citizen Participation

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Americans, even before they were Americans, have always practiced participatory government.  In fact, one of the most famous documents that serves as an example of citizens participating in their governance was written and signed before its authors even set foot on Western soil: The Mayflower Compact.

Government Reform: Inspirations from Developing Countries (Part 5)

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four developing countries.

The World Bank seminars this past Spring continue to have me mulling about the progress of the performance movement internationally, and how surprised I was that several countries seem to be putting foundations for performance in place at two or three times the speed of more developed countries.  Four countries struck me as making notable progress, which are summarized in earlier blog posts:  Colombia, South Africa, Kenya, and Malaysia:

Weekly Round-up: September 28, 2012

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  • Social Engineering in a Flow Chart.

Smart Policies for Smartphones: Connecting Personal Devices at Work

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their personal devices to work computers and networks?

Three years ago, the satirical news site, The Onion, published a story titled "Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles."  One early paragraph reads:

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