This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, January 9, 2023 Michael J. Keegan What is the mission of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Strategic Issues team? What is the goal of GAO’s High-Risk Series? What are the fiscal, management and performance challenges facing today’s government executive? (more…)
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Additional Monitoring Mechanisms and Fraud Risk Assessment Needed to Better Ensure Member Eligibility
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is responsible for administering the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. OPM has taken steps to enable a process for employing offices and FEHB carriers to identify and remove ineligible FEHB members. For example, OPM (more…)
Diversity of U.S. Workplaces Is Growing in Terms of Race, Ethnicity and Age – Forcing More Employers to Be Flexible
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Employers need good strategies to hire and retain more workers of color and older workers. The mandatory diversity training and requisite skills tests many of them now rely on don’t measure up.
Weekly Roundup January 2-6, 2023
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, January 6, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership that we have found of interest for the week ending January 6, 2023. New funding flexibility could help extend the reach of the Federal Citizen Services Fund. (more…)
What’s Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, January 6, 2023 Elizabeth Linos The crises of the past few years have brought with them a rallying cry for more evidence in government; a call to “follow the science” and “lead with data.” And governments have responded. Public sector leaders (more…)
Ancient Greece Had Extreme Polarization and Civil Strife Too – How Thucydides Can Help Us Understand Jan. 6 and Its Aftermath
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.
Forthcoming national cyber strategy highlights 2023 cybersecurity agenda
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Cybersecurity is the gift that keeps on giving, and 2023 promises to be as busy as ever for agencies and contractors across a range of cyber policy developments. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director is expected to issue a new (more…)
New Report on the Value of Strategy Mapping
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, January 5, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Government leaders today face serious, seemingly intractable public management issues that go to the core of effective governance and leadership. These types of challenges run the gamut from the pandemic to economic dislocation, homelessness, and (more…)
NEW REPORT: Addressing Complex and Cross-Boundary Challenges in Government
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, January 5, 2023 Michael J. Keegan The Value of Strategy Mapping These types of challenges run the gamut from the pandemic to economic dislocation, homelessness, and natural and manmade disasters. These major crises have complex causes, and the resources needed to (more…)
Complex and Cross-Boundary Challenges in Government: The Value of Strategy Mapping
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Complex and Cross Boundary Challenges in Government.pdf John M Bryson Report Contributors Government leaders today face serious, seemingly intractable public management issues that go to the core of effective governance and leadership. These types of challenges run the gamut from the pandemic (more…)