Weekly Round-up - September 08, 2011 Weekly Round-up - September 08, 2011

Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of September 05, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Government IT and September 11 – Recollections and Continuances

Former head of the OMB's Information Policy and Technology discusses three ways his office was affected by and responded to September 11, 2001.

This past week, millions of people here and around the world have remembered the tragedy of 9/11, the bravery shown by so many, and the ways that the world and our lives have changed since that day.  So many of us have stories of where they were, what they were doing and thinking, and what happened just before and just after.

Web-Enabled Coordination

How can organizations reach beyond their traditional smokestacks and silos? Coordination mechanisms have existed for years, notes Naval Postgraduate School author Nancy Roberts, but they haven’t been used.

Seven Management Imperatives: Imperative Seven - Cut Costs and Improve Performance

By aggressively implementing seven proven, realistic strategies, government agencies can realize sustainable cost savings while, in many cases, improving operational performance.

 

Using Dashboards in Government

The use of dashboards in the federal government took off when President Obama released his Open Government initiative in early 2009.

Perspectives on Power, Security, and Leadership with General Anthony Zinni (USMC Ret.)

In this complex and dynamic world of changing demands, the nature of security today requires that it be conceived more broadly than ever before. Some have called for a new vibrant strategic direction for US national security and foreign policy. Today's context presents a unique set of challenges and requires a new way of thinking about power, security, and leadership.

Weekly Round-up: August 04, 2011

Articles we found interesting, the week of August 01, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Understanding the Many Communities within Open Government

Open Government advocates may fall into one or more of the following sub-communities: Transparency, Innovation, Engagement, Media.

It is tempting to think of the Open Government community as an undifferentiated body.

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