New Research Report Recipients

Submitted by on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:21

We are pleased to announce our latest round of new reports on key public sector challenges, which respond to priorities identified in the Center's research agenda. Our content is intended to stimulate and accelerate the production of practical research that benefits public sector leaders and managers.

How an Agile Government Can Improve Operations, Service, and Public Trust

Submitted by on Thu, 12/15/2022 - 11:34

This vision opens a new report from the IBM Center in collaboration with the Agile Government Center of the National Academy of Public Administration, The Future of Agile Government, by G. Edward (Ed) DeSeve, Coordinator of the AGC and Executive Fellow with the IBM Center.

The Future of AGILE GOVERNMENT

Submitted by on Thu, 12/15/2022 - 11:28

The development is customer-centric and collaborative networks are used for development and deployment. Agile developers use “scrums” and “sprints” as techniques to produce products quickly that have a high degree of customer acceptance and satisfaction. Agile principles continue to guide projects and programs involving software development today.

Strengthening Government’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Capacity in Addressing “Future Shocks”

Submitted by on Wed, 12/14/2022 - 09:24

Government leaders increasingly find that “unexpected events” are now neither rare nor unexpected. Indeed, they are shocks—more frequent and more destabilizing, and involving cybersecurity, climate, supply chain, human capital, and other domains.

Partnering for Resilience

Submitted by on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 10:15

Government leaders increasingly agree that “rare unexpected events” are now neither rare nor unexpected. Indeed, they are shocks—more frequent and more destabilizing. One now follows closely on the heels of another, and multiple events occur at the same time. For example, the pandemic continued as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Various climate challenges arose such as severe flooding in France, drought and bushfires in Australia, water shortages in California, and extreme heat in China.1 Now the economic fallout from the pandemic and the war has the World Bank and others

Lily Zeleke, Acting Deputy CIO, Information Enterprise, DOD

Submitted by on Mon, 12/12/2022 - 09:27

Ms. Lily Zeleke is the acting Deputy CIO (DCIO) for the Information Enterprise (IE). In this role, she provides oversight, policy guidance, and digital expertise for DoD enterprise infrastructure initiatives driving toward the objectives of digital modernization. She leads Department-wide execution of strategic guidance aimed at achieving an operationally effective and secure Information Enterprise in a cost-efficient manner. Areas of priority include network optimization, cloud adoption, software modernization, and IT reform.

Weekly Roundup December 4-9, 2022

Submitted by on Fri, 12/09/2022 - 14:37

Senate passed bill to 'stop the government speak' in agency documents. The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to override an existing law and update requirements for government agencies to write communications in easy-to-understand language. Specifically, the Clear and Concise Content Act, backed by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chair Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Sen.

Building Trusted Digital Services: Lessons from Australia

Submitted by on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 09:01

Governments around the world are advancing in the transformation of operations and services for the digital age. The goal of “trusted digital services” enables transformation in a way that earns public trust. Developing and implementing trusted digital services matters supports near-term service delivery, and long-term legitimacy and sustainability of government with the public. Advanced digital governments cite trust as a key success factor, and as well as how digital technologies supportive innovative governance that services the public.

Delivering Innovative IT Solutions to Meet Mission

Submitted by on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 16:34

"The CIO's office is growing" explains Bob Costello, chief information officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) "…We're pivoting from more of a compliance-CIO shop to an operational shop, where we're still doing that very important compliance mission, but starting to deliver services and become a true partner to the mission operators in making sure they have those solutions to interact with our partners."

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