Delivering over one billion gallons of quality drinking water daily to over 8 million NYC residents

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:16

How does NYC DEP protect the environmental health, welfare and natural resources of the City and its residents?

What does it take to deliver over one billion gallons of quality drinking water daily to over 8 million residents?

How is NYC greening its operations and making them more sustainable?

What steps are being taken to maintain NYC's water system for the next hundred years?

 

Re-Thinking Performance Metrics in Federal Agencies

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:12

In a Federal News Radio conversation with reporter Francis Rose and two other guests – Robert Shea, a former OMB executive, and Jon Desenberg, with the Performance Institute – we talked about the Obama Administration’s performance initiatives to date, and the potential implications for agency efforts to measure performance.

Friday Round-Up, August 6

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Privacy vs. Transparency?

Four items have caught my attention this week, spurred by this post on GovLoop, "Internet: Defining privacy in a public space" 

Eliminating Government Program Duplication and Overlap

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:08

A recent survey by the left-leaning Center for American Progress find that most Americans lack confidence in government and one of the leading factors is that three-quarters feel that government agencies duplica

Planning for the Inevitable: The Role of the Federal Supply Chain in Preparing for National Emergencies

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:06

As we have seen in recent years, there has been no shortage of national emergencies—ranging from oil spills to hurricanes to the threat of a pandemic virus.  Having an effective supply chain has become critical in effectively respo

Federal Agency Social Media Hubs

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:04

The one that caught my attention was the new Social Media Hub created by Defense to help provide internal-to-Defense education, policy, and the ability for groups in Defense to "register" their social media initiatives in a central location. 

An Agenda of Key Reforms

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:03

The Obama Administration’s favorite think tank, the Center for American Progress, launched a “Doing What Works” initiative earlier this year.  The staff pulled together a 16-point plan, which was recently the focus of an opinion poll survey.  The highest rated item: “Require every federal agency to set clear goals

Millennials Want Better, Not Smaller Government; Implementation Is Key

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:01

The Center for American Progress (CAP) found that millennials, defined as Americans between the ages of 18 and 32, have far greater faith in and expectations of government than their older compatriots.  This proved true regardless of political affiliation or ideological bent.

Analytics and Risk Management: Tools for Making Better Decisions

Submitted by on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:00
Decisions based on bad information can lead to poor results and be quite costly to organizations. This may culminate in the squandering of opportunities, taking on unnecessary risk, misallocating resources, and ultimately not achieving strategic goals or objectives. At a time of shrinking budgets and increasing expectations to do more with less, making better decisions based on informed judgment has taken on even more significance for both private sector and government organizations.

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