Collaboration

Collaborative Governance in Action

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 17:19
OMB sponsors several collaborative initiatives that reach across federal, state, and local boundaries. One, the Collaborative Forum, which is supported by the Partnership Fund, just recently relocated its support functions to the National Academy of Public Administration.

A Guide to Collaborative Competencies

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 16:54
Effective governance is increasingly dependent on the use of cross-agency collaborative networks.

Getting People to Solve Problems Without You

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 16:28
As organizations become more complicated, success can often be tied to the degree to which an organization is responsive to customers. This generally happens on the front line.

Web-Enabled Coordination

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 16:17
How can organizations reach beyond their traditional smokestacks and silos? Coordination mechanisms have existed for years, notes Naval Postgraduate School author Nancy Roberts, but they haven’t been used.

Perspectives on Power, Security, and Leadership with General Anthony Zinni (USMC Ret.)

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 16:05
In this complex and dynamic world of changing demands, the nature of security today requires that it be conceived more broadly than ever before. Some have called for a new vibrant strategic direction for US national security and foreign policy. Today's context presents a unique set of challenges and requires a new way of thinking about power, security, and leadership.

Wasteful or Wonderful?

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 15:30
How do you tell the different between when government programs overlap and duplicate each other versus when they complement and reinforce each other in a collaborative network?

Measuring Performance in Networks

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 12:56
Two of the stumbling blocks to expanding the use of collaborative networks in government are: how do you figure out what works?

Managing Complexity

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 12:49
The deficit showdown reflects a challenge of modern times: how can government – and society – deal with increased complexity?

New Report Explores the Use of Social Tools to Improve Interagency Collaboration

Submitted by on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 14:38

This week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a new report with support from the IBM Center for The Business of Government. The report, “New Tools for Collaboration: The Experience of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” is authored by Gregory Treverton, who conducted the study as an independent research effort prior to his returning to government service as Director of the National Intelligence Council. Treverton draws upon but reshapes the results of a RAND project done for the Center for the Study of Intelligence.

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