This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Martin O’Malley served two terms as governor before a failed presidential campaign in 2016.
Hanford Cleanup: DOE Should Consider Including Expedited Nuclear Waste Treatment Alternatives in Upcoming Analysis
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Department of Energy (DOE) has developed plans for storing, preparing, staging, and transferring a portion of the radioactive liquid waste from decades of nuclear weapons research and production held in tanks at DOE’s Hanford site. The plans cover the first (more…)
Pathways to Trusted Progress with Artificial Intelligence
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Pathways to Trusted Progress with AI.pdf Kevin C. Desouza Dr. Gregory S. Dawson Artificial intelligence (AI) has proliferated across all sectors of society. National governments have created AI-related strategies, frameworks, and guidelines on the ethical use of AI. Yet while people have (more…)
INSIGHTS: Issue Brief on Public Management in an Uncertain Environment
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Lessons from Enterprise Risk Management Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus John Kotter has proposed that business organizations develop networks internally to help their traditional hierarchies function in today’s fast-changing environment. Government too finds itself increasingly (more…)
Issue Brief – Public Management in an Uncertain Environment Lessons from Enterprise Risk Management
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Public Management in an Uncertain Environment-Insights Issue Brief 7-23.pdf Thomas Stanton Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus John Kotter has proposed that business organizations develop networks internally to help their traditional hierarchies function in today’s fast-changing environment. Government too finds itself increasingly beset (more…)
Coast Guard: Clarifying Emergency Policies and Assessing Needs Could Improve Unit Disaster Preparedness
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Although Coast Guard field personnel serve as first responders for natural and human-made disasters, agency policies about maintaining emergency food and water for field personnel are unclear. For example, Coast Guard disaster preparedness policies do not identify a clear requirement for (more…)
Delivering Better Government Through Innovation and Technology: A Conversation with Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, the City of Boston
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, July 24, 2023 Santiago Garces
A Scientist Said Her Research Could Help With Repatriation. Instead, It Destroyed Native Remains.
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Federal agencies have awarded millions of dollars to scientific studies on Native American human remains, undermining the goals of NAGPRA as tribes fight for repatriation.
Weekly Roundup: July 17-21, 2023
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, July 21, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership that we found of interest for the week ending July 21, 2023 The Leap to Leader: To succeed as a senior executive, you need more than just (more…)
Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Needs to Address Weaknesses in Program and Contractor Management at Los Alamos
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) site office at Los Alamos (EM-LA) has taken steps to establish elements of EM’s Program Management Protocol, which contains requirements and expectations for planning, budgeting, executing, and evaluating all work within (more…)