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Improving Outcomes in Government through Data and Intelligent Automation

by Dan Chenok
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The IBM Center for The Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service recently hosted three government innovators to hear how Intelligent Automation (IA) is transforming their agencies to enable their workforce to perform effectively and efficiently.

Agile Oversight: A Path Forward

by G. Edward DeSeve
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
One way to promote better results in managing government programs is to more closely align the development of agile approaches to managing government with the development of agile oversight mechanisms.

Successful Adoption of Intelligent Automation in Government: Lessons from Disaster Management and Response Efforts at the Departments of Defense and Energy

by Dan Chenok
Monday, February 22, 2021
The IBM Center for the Business of Government and Partnership for Public Service are hosting a webinar on Feb 24 at 9:30 AM with government innovators, who will provide practical advice how to get started on the road to intelligent automation, developing data strategies that leverage AI and other emerging technologies

Weekly Roundup: February 15-19, 2021

by Michael J. Keegan
Friday, February 19, 2021
Highlighting articles and insights that we have found interesting for the period ending February 19, 2021

Learning Agendas: An Effort to Answer -- “Does It Work?”

by John Kamensky
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
President Biden, in one of his first actions in office, encouraged his agency heads to support evidence-based policymaking, including “evidence-building plans,” which are more commonly called “learning agendas.” What’s the back story on this?
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RPA in Federal Financial Management Organizations

by Karin O’Leary
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Over the past three years, the federal financial management (FM) community has come a long way in leveraging new technologies and capabilities.

New Research Report Recipients

by Dan Chenok
Monday, February 15, 2021
The IBM Center for The Business of Government continues to support research by recognized experts on public management issues, leading to actionable recommendations on current and future issues facing the public sector leaders.

Weekly Roundup: February 8-12, 2021

by Michael J. Keegan
Friday, February 12, 2021
Highlighting articles and insights that we have found interesting for the period ending February 12, 2021

COVID-19 and its Impact: Seven Essays on Reframing Government Management and Operations

by Michael J. Keegan
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The loss of life and the fear caused by the COVID-10 pandemic disrupted governments around the world at an unprecedented speed and scale
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Six Observations: COVID and America’s Laboratories of Democracy (Part Two)

by Donald F. Kettl
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

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Center Blog Series

The Center maintains several blog series written by our Fellows and those in academia and the nonprofit world.  Our blog series include:

Tax Modernization Series by Peggy Bogadi, Florian Breger, and Sharon Moore

Agile Government, Why Now by Angela Evans

Improving Outcomes in Government through Data and Intelligent Automation by The IBM Center for The Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service

Distance Work in the Time of COVID by John Kamensky

Community Resilience and Reshaping Government during COVID by Donald F. Kettl

Managing Risk in the Public Sector by Dan Chenok and Michael J. Keegan

Business of Government Stories (the people behind the management evolution) by Dan Chenok, John Kamensky, and guest authors

State and Local Government Best Practices by Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Government Performance Management - a video series by Praja Trivedi