Building Supply Chain Resiliency for Government: Insights from Leaders and Experts

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Dan Chenok Recent roundtable discussions demonstrate how preparedness, diversification, and sustainability can all help government leaders reduce risks and harden operations across supply chains. Global supply chains have experienced major constraints over the past several years, and many (more…)

OPM Denied 20% of Agency Requests to Let Politicals Convert Into Career Roles

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. In another 23% of cases, agencies failed to seek permission before letting political appointees “burrow in.” Federal agencies generally followed the rules and refrained from exerting political pressure when converting appointees into career positions during the end of the Obama administration and through the (more…)

Weekly Roundup: April 24-28, 2023

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, April 28, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership that we found of interest for the week ending April 28, 2023 How Local Governments Can Rise to the Infrastructure Complexity Challenge. To take advantage of the (more…)

Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Boundaryless World

This post first appeared on Next Gov. Read the original article. Government agencies are embracing a zero-trust approach to risk management. In a world increasingly defined not by physical boundaries but rather digital ones, the volume of cybersecurity incidents across the globe continues to rise and with it the challenges facing public sector agencies. The (more…)

Digitalising one of life’s certainties

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Dan Chenok The digitalisation of modern economies creates new opportunities to evolve tax collection. Blog Author: Andy Heys, Principal Account Technical Leader, Australian Taxation Office, IBM Technology, Australia. Andy has over 40 years experience working with Public Sector (more…)