Building the Cybersecurity Workforce America Needs

Blog Co-Author:  Karen Evans, managing director of the Cyber Readiness Institute and former chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Report Release Event: Cybersecurity Workforce Development

I was honored to co-chair the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) panel report for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Karen Evans, Managing Director, Cyber Readiness Institute and Former Chief Information Officer, DHS.  Together with panel members, Dr. Marilu Goodyear, Dr.

Integrating automation to improve CX

The Daily Scoop Podcast with Francis Rose spoke with me this week on how automation can help improve government’s customer experience. We discussed self-service questions, second-tier detailed questions, and unique questions posed by citizens and how all three can be handled with AI for a better service experience. We also discussed intelligent automation, barriers civilian and defense leaders experience, and how to overcome them to build a roadmap for better customer service through a series of upcoming dialogues.

Mitigating risk, managing cybersecurity and building resiliency to meet the mission of government

The IBM Center for The Business of Government has written previously about the need for mission leaders to focus on cyber security as a key success factor, especially given the Administration’s identification of “cybersecurity as a key enabler of mission delivery” in the President’s Management Agenda.  Below we provide highlights of a few of those reports focused on cyber, which provide a foundation for IBM to build on as the Cybersecurity Center moves ahead.  We look forward to adding to this r

Lessons in Accountability from the Pandemic

The American Society for Public Administration hosted Center authors Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Visiting Fellows at the IBM Center for the Business of Government and Senior Advisors, Columnists, and co-chairs of the Advisory Board for Route Fifty as well as Don Kettl, Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy to speak on their latest report, “Managing The Next Crisis: Twelve Principles For Dealing With Viral Uncertainty.” Center Director Dan Chenok facilit

How Intelligent Automation Can Help Government Agencies Focus on Mission Critical Outcomes

Blog Co-Author:  Matt Warshaw

Federal agencies spend billions of dollars every year on routine office functions such as procurement, human resources, logistics, and information technology. Intelligent automation (IA) is one set of tools that can help agencies  simply processes, saving time and reducing costs, ultimately allowing federal employees to focus their energy on mission critical outcomes rather than complex back-office tasks.

Government 2025 – Sharing Wisdom From and For the World

Our Center recently collaborated with the IBM Institute for Business Value on work with thought leaders across government, industry, academic, and the nonprofit sectors to drive an online global conversation about the future of Government around the world, the “Gov2025 Jam.”  This dialogue explored five key issues representing some of the most pressing challenges facing governments and societies today.

Assessing Agility at the State and Local Government Level

The American Society for Public Administration hosted Center author Professor Sukumar Ganapati of Florida International University to speak on his report, “Adopting Agile in State and Local Governments.” Center Director Dan Chenok helped to launch the session as Professor Ganapati described Agile, Agile in government, and Agile beyond technocracy.   Read a summary here.

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