Improper Payments: Information on Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2023 Estimates

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found For fiscal year 2023, 14 agencies reported a total estimated $236 billion in improper payments across 71 programs. Agencies reported that about $175 billion (over 74 percent) of this total was the result of overpayments. About $186 billion (approximately 79 percent) (more…)

Procurement policy spring cleaning checklist

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. It is finally spring, and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom here in Washington. Day-light savings time is disrupting sleeping patterns across the nation; neighbors are out and about; lacrosse season has kicked off; next week is MLB opening day; and, of (more…)

Weekly Roundup: March 18-22, 2024

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, March 22, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership for the week ending March 22, 2024 Senate to take $100M back from TMF, $10M from USDS. Despite the efforts by industry and the Office of Management and (more…)

Federal agencies beware: AI is not all it’s cracked up to be – at least not yet

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Samsung released its new Galaxy S24 phone in January. The big buzz was centered around how Galaxy users discover the world around them by incorporating artificial intelligence into photo manipulation, product searches for e-commerce, instantaneous language translation while abroad, and more. The general (more…)

Digitizing issue management: Enabling decisions for finance and risk

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Accreditation: Training Certificate for 1 CPE* How is your agency organizing efforts around enterprise risk management and digitizing processes? Join moderator Justin Doubleday, and federal agency and industry leaders as they discuss how agencies are modernizing their financial management and enterprise risk processes to (more…)

Exploring Homeland Security’s Procurement Strategy

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, March 21, 2024 Michael J. Keegan A Conversation with Paul Courtney, Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Recently,  Paul Courtney, chief procurement officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined me on The Business of Government Hour to (more…)

Responding in harmony: Cyber reporting as a team sport

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. We live in the age of digital connections. Every industry, every service, every sector utilizes these connections to advance their businesses, whether that’s making manufacturing more efficient or developing the next groundbreaking medication. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) role, at least in (more…)

Fiscal Year 2025: Are We Happy Yet?

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 John Kamensky Budgets typically are about making promises concerning the future. But President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2025 proposed budget also contains a section regarding progress made over the past year in improving how government works for Americans. (more…)