Weekly Roundup: September 30-October 4, 2024

IRS Doubles Number of States Using Direct File for 2025. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this week that its Direct File tool will be available in 12 additional states for the 2025 tax season, making the free e-filing service available in a total of 24 states.

Effective Public Impact: A Conversation with Adrian Brown, Executive Director, The Centre for Public Impact

How do you measure public impact? What strategies can governments use to rebuild trust and legitimacy? How can governments implement systems thinking to tackle multifaceted challenges? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Adrian Brown, Executive Director, The Centre for Public Impact.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 09:15
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Adrian Brown, Executive Director

Adrian has over 20 years' experience working on government performance and transformation in the UK and internationally. He has held a range of positions in the UK government, including stints at the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, the Strategy Unit and as a policy adviser in the Prime Minister's Office.

Weekly Roundup: September 23-27 2024

DoD Cutting Improper Payments; Legacy IT Financial Systems Still Need Work. The Department of Defense (DoD) is making progress in reducing costs related to improper payments through its Advana centralized data and analytics platform, but the agency continues to struggle with some of its financial IT systems.

On the Information Technology Strategy at the U.S. Department of Justice: A Conversation with Melinda Rogers, chief information officer at DOJ

What is the IT strategy for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)? How is the DOJ improving data governance and data sharing across the department? What is it doing to change the way it does IT? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Melinda Rogers, Chief Information Officer, at the U.S. Department of Justice next week on The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, September 23, 2024 - 10:59

Melinda Rogers

Melinda Rogers serves as DOJ's Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Information Resource Management and CIO. She previously served as DOJ's Deputy CIO and CISO. Ms. Rogers is responsible for overseeing the Department’s $3.5 billion Information Technology (IT) investment portfolio, providing strategic direction and directly supporting mission operations through IT service delivery and the Department’s Cybersecurity Program. Ms.

Weekly Roundup: September 16-20, 2024

Agency IT Grades Soar on Latest FITARA Scorecard. Federal agency grades were up sharply and nearly across the board on the latest edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued today by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who is ranking member of the House Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation Subcommittee and who compiles the scorecard with substantial input from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Delivering Full Spectrum Acquisition Services: A Conversation with Corey Nickens, Client Executive for the Assisted Acquisition Services Innovation Business Unit Federal Acquisition Service, GSA

What is the mission of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS)? How does it work to meet the unique needs of the federal agencies it supports? How is it changing the way it does business? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Corey Nickens, Client Executive for the Assisted Acquisition Services Innovation Business Unit within the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA.
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Monday, September 16, 2024 - 08:59
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Weekly Roundup: September 9-13, 2024

O’Malley makes last ditch effort to secure Biden’s budget proposal for Social Security. The commissioner said that without a budget anomaly to boost funding at the agency, the Social Security Administration would need to institute a hiring freeze and would see its workforce fall to a 50-year low.

Kee Won Song

Kee Won Song is the Global Government Research Leader for the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). The IBV publishes insights by combining expertise from government thinkers, leading academics, and subject matter experts with global research and performance data. The IBV's thought leadership reports provide prescriptive recommendations to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities. As a Global Government Research Leader, Kee Won leads complex initiatives with public sector executive leaders to identify specific and practical

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