20th Anniversary
Friday, January 26, 2018
A new survey identifies four sets of management initiatives that have had the greatest impact on government management efforts over the past twenty years.
Weekly Round Up
Friday, January 26, 2018
The IBM Center's Weekly Roundup highlights articles and insights that we found interesting for the week ending January 25, 2018.
20th Anniversary
Thursday, January 25, 2018
As we envision the future of government as a part of our 20th anniversary, this blog on the importance of strategic foresight is the first of many that explore key competencies and skills needed for leaders to be effective in meeting the challenges and demands of today and tomorrow.
Digital Image
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Technology is constantly changing as new tools are developed and old tools are modified or repurposed, and these commercial innovations are having a growing impact on how we govern.
Weekly Round Up
Friday, January 19, 2018
The IBM Center's Weekly Roundup highlights articles and insights that we found interesting for the week ending January 19, 2018.
performance
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Policymakers wanting to improve their government’s performance are often presented with a rich menu of choices by their advisers. They are told that they could choose from several options: Budgeting Reforms, Performance Budgeting, Outcome Budgeting, Performance Agreement, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), ISO 9000, Lean Sigma and so on. Alas, as we shall see, this advice is misplaced.
Weekly Round Up
Monday, January 15, 2018
The IBM Center's Weekly Roundup highlights articles and insights that we found interesting for the week ending January 12, 2018.
2040 Challenge Grant
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Our Center welcomes big ideas about government management and operations two decades from now, as we mark two decades bringing similar ideas to government since 1998.
The Future Has Begun Report
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
A new report from the IBM Center and the Partnership for Public Service outlines the promise of AI to help government improve mission and program performance.
20th Anniversary
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
This year, the IBM Center for The Business of Government marks 20 years since starting up in 1998, leveraging our research to envision the possible for government 20 years ahead.

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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