Insights on Public Administration

Academic experts have contributed significant insights that have informed practice, research, and teaching for many years. Government leaders rely on expert analyses from academia to help them understand their impact on the citizens and nations they serve. Scholars advance the profession through their writings and dialogues.

AI Can Enable Government to Meet Future Challenges While Addressing Risks Responsibly

Contributors: Claude Yusti, Tatiana Sokolova with IBM, and Katie Malague and Peter Kamocsai with the Partnership for Public Service

Few technological innovations offer the many potential benefits of artificial intelligence. AI tools range from entertaining to productivity-improving to life-saving, from playing poker or creating paintings in Vincent van Gogh’s style to transcribing audio to diagnosing diseases or predicting financial fraud.

Introducing the Center’s New Visiting Fellow, Ed DeSeve

Agile software development features small, cross-functional, self-organizing teams that include customers working quickly to deliver solutions in increments that immediately provide value. Agile delivery approaches support government goals of doing more with less and improving agency capacity to manage their budgets and delivery dates. 

Collaboration Across Government and Enabling Strategies: Effective Implementation of the Federal Data Strategy Action Plan

The Data Coalition and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently co-sponsored a public forum on the Federal Data Strategy’s draft 2019-2020 Action Plan. The event provided an opportunity for industry, academic, and non-profit speakers to provide comments on 16 draft action items in the Federal Data Strategy.  

Effective Implementation of the Federal Data Strategy Action Plan

Today, the Data Coalition and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) co-sponsored a public forum on the Federal Data Strategy’s draft 2019-2020 Action Plan. The event provided an opportunity for industry, academic, and non-profit speakers to provide comments on 16 draft action items in the Federal Data Strategy.  

New Research Report Recipients

We are pleased to announce our latest round of awards for new reports on key public sector challenges, which respond to priorities identified in the Center's research agenda. These reports will continue to catalyze and accelerate the production of practical research with actionable recommendations that benefits public sector leaders and managers.

Addressing Mission Challenges with Agility

Blog Co-Author:  Mark Bolter, Vice President, IBM Global Business Services
 

How Can Government Manage Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence?

Co-Author:  Tatiana Sokolova, IBM

With contributions from Claude Yusti and Anna Lenhart with IBM, and Peter Kamoscai with the Partnership for Public Service

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Greater access to and sharing of data can help increase the understanding of how best to address underlying risks and ethical issues in AI implementation.

The Center Announces a New Fellow: Karin O’Leary

Karin O’Leary, former Chief Financial Officer for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and Budget Officer for the Department of Justice, will focus her work with the Center on financial management and related issues.

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