Weekly Round-up: March 09, 2012

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  • The Necessity of Government Digital Service. From across the pond comes this blog post by Carl Haggerty, "Does local government need a local government digital service?"  Though the post (as its name implies) focuses squarely on local government, the lessons are applicable to all levels of government, and the answer to the title's question, as one would guess, is a ringing affirmative.
  • Foursquare and Flickr, for Example.

Weekly Round-up: March 01, 2012

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It's spring (meteorologically), when many people are thinking about getting engaged.  By which I mean: citizen engagement, employee engagement, and engagement in and through social media.

Creating Networks that Work

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The President’s FY 2013 budget announced the first set of cross-agency priority goals – seven focus on mission-related goals such as doubling the number of U.S. exports by 2014, and seven focus on mission-support goals, such as closing critical skill gaps in the federal workforce. “Lead government officials” were named to lead each of these goals. How will they choose to approach their tasks? A friend just sent me a copy of a new book “Networks that Work,” by Paul Vandeventer and Myrna Mandell.

Leading the U.S. Government Accountability Office: Insights from Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General

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accountability to the American people? Last month, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro joined me on The Business of Government Hour to explore these questions and so much more. Here are some insights from this discussion:

Steve Kempf, Commissioner, GSA's Federal Acquisition Service on The Business of Government Hour

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How is the Federal Acquisition Service managing in an era of fiscal constraint? Steven Kempf, Commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service joins me this week on The Business of Government Hour to explore these questions and so much more.

 

FAS Commissioner Steve Kempf on the value of a centralized provider as GSA:

Challenges facing GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service

Weekly Round-up: February 24, 2012

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Agency Priority Goals: Playing Hide and Seek

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ely identified agency “high priority performance goals” after he took office in 2009. It’s a solid start, but finding the information in one list wasn’t easy.

Weekly Round-up: February 17, 2012

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This week was Social Media Week around the world, and here in DC we participated in Gov 2.0 style.  To start things off:

Leading the U.S. Government Accountability Office: Insights from Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General

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How is GAO working to help put the country back on a sustainable fiscal path? What is GAO doing to assist Congress in support of its oversight of decision making responsibilities? How is GAO overseeing federal programs and operations to ensure accountability to the American people? Last month, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro joined me on The Business of Government Hour to explore these questions and so much more. Here are some insights from this discussion:

 

Creating Networks that Work

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How will the 14 newly-designated cross-agency priority goal leaders organize to achieve the goals they’ve committed to achieve? There’s a practical guide book that can help.

The President’s FY 2013 budget announced the first set of cross-agency priority goals – seven focus on mission-related goals such as doubling the number of U.S.

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