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. Here’s a snapshot of where they are today, and some lessons learned...
View ArticleSmart Grid Privacy And Security Risks Loom For Agencies
The effort to modernize America’s electric grid is well underway, with nearly $8 billion in federal funding since 2009 and states across the country hastening to deploy everything from electronic...
View ArticleFeds@Work: Recovery.gov CIO Shawn Kingsberry
When Shawn Kingsberry became the Chief Technology Officer of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board in 2009, it had a blank slate – just a few good ideas and the urgency to create a...
View ArticleDoD’s Scale Promises Bigger Payoff From IT Reform
The sheer size of the Department of Defense (DoD) makes streamlining IT operations or changing IT investment management daunting, yet this size makes the payoff of successes that much greater. To...
View ArticleZero-Tolerance Nets Recovery Data Taxpayers Deserve
This is the second installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion...
View ArticleWhy Agencies Are Racing To Embrace Agile Development
When it comes to buying and delivering government technology projects, few approaches seem to have caught the attention of federal officials the way agile development has. And there’s good reason,...
View ArticleWhy Integrated Program Teams Are Critical To Federal Technology Projects
This article, the fourth in a series, originally appeared on CIO.gov, the website of the U.S. chief information officer and the Federal CIO Council. Richard Spires is CIO of the Department of Homeland...
View ArticlePeople Will Power Technology Innovation In Government
Technology holds massive cost-saving potential, but the bleak budget outlook means engaging stakeholders and building solid relationships along with high-level leadership will be the most important...
View ArticleNine Factors Common To Successful Federal IT Acquisitions
The federal government’s record for acquiring major information technology projects has rarely earned high marks. However, a new report from the Government Accountability Office identified seven...
View ArticleLeadership Development Training Tops Priority List For Government Organizations
A recent informal survey of government professionals showed that leadership development training is the top priority for government agencies’ training programs, with leadership development the first...
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