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How TECHNOLOGY Can Drive GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

Submitted by on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 11:33

This is highlighted by a recent report, led by the Technology CEO Council (TCC), in which the IBM Center for The Business of Government participated. That report, How Productivity, Innovation, and Efficiency Can Transform American Government, details how, if implemented effectively, technology-based reforms could reduce federal costs significantly—now and over time.

Navigating Generative AI in Government

Submitted by on Wed, 10/23/2024 - 16:00

On behalf of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, we are pleased to release this new report: Navigating Generative AI in Government by Professor Dr. Alexander Richter, Wellington School of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington.

Accelerating Government Innovation With Leadership and Stimulus Funding

Submitted by on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 10:01

With the evolving maturity of innovation offices and digital teams comes the imperative for leaders and managers to provide pathways for these organizations to succeed and work together effectively, in terms of embracing new ideas and scaling those that prove effective beyond a prototype or pilot.

The Age of Remote Work: How COVID-19 Transformed Organizations in Real Time

Submitted by on Tue, 02/08/2022 - 09:39

In almost the blink of an eye, the pandemic changed shopping, dining, socializing, travel, and most assuredly the world of work.

Reskilling the Workforce with Technology-Oriented Training

Submitted by on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 09:00

This difficult balancing act requires that government executives maximize the effectiveness of agency transformation efforts. Government agencies use technology to increase the efficiency of their services, but rapid changes in technology create a need for additional training to help the workforce remain current in their knowledge and application of new innovations.

Achieving Mission Outcomes Through DevSecOps

Submitted by on Fri, 06/11/2021 - 12:31

DevSecOps—short for development, security, and operations—is an approach to IT security based on the principles of the scientific method of experimentation: observe, question, hypothesize, predict, test, and iterate. This solid foundational methodology has served the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math, including computer science) community well, and has resulted in some of the most impactful innovations and scientific breakthroughs of our time.

This report addresses the critical role that DevSecOps plays to support the DoD mission.  It highlights the:

The Rise of the Sustainable Enterprise

Submitted by on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 14:05

This report finds that sustainability is no longer just a social responsibility (CSR) issue—it’s an organizational imperative for business and government enterprises. Opportunities and risks related to the environment now challenge the strategies and operating models of organizations across all sectors and functions. In fact, environmental choices, as a subset of a broader sustainability agenda, increasingly define strategy for leading organizations.  

Innovation and Emerging Technologies in Government: Keys to Success

Submitted by on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 08:00

The obstacles to implementing technological innovation in government often have less to do with hardware and software than people and processes. How can leaders recognize the need for new technology? How do innovators find funding and put the pieces in place to test a new idea? How does an agency define and measure success?

Mobilizing Capital Investment to Modernize Government

Submitted by on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:00

Many governments around the world seek ways to serve their constituents and carry out their missions more effectively and with greater efficiency. This imperative takes on even greater import as emerging technology and business paradigms raise expectations from the public and enable new channels of collaboration between government and industry.

Responding to Global Health Crises: Lessons from the U.S. Response to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak

Submitted by on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 09:15
Given the seriousness of the situation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), as an interagency platform for coordinating operations to end the outbreak. In the event of a war, earthquake, hurricane, or other disaster outside the United States, OFDA can quickly mobilize such a team to assess humanitarian needs, assemble expertise from many parts of the U.S.

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