Dan Chenok

A week ago today, OMB Deputy Director for Management (DDM) Margaret Weichert hosted a celebration marking the first year of this Administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA).  At this event, a variety of government leaders and external stakeholders gathered to underscore the importance of management as a strategic imperative.  The current PMA is premised on a foundational “double trio” of drivers that link IT Modernization, Data Strategy, and Workforce Improvement to better results for the nation, in terms of Mission Performance

Organizations and researchers across the private and public sectors have learned much from advances in the use of analytics to assess a vast and growing volume of information. “Big data” enables understanding of patterns and anomalies with far greater speed and accuracy, and has been used to help government make more informed decisions in areas ranging from social service delivery to global threats.

Contributors to this post:  Claude Yusti, Tatiana Sokolova, and Alayna Kennedy from IBM, and Peter Kamoscai and Katie Malague from the Partnership for Public Service

Artificial intelligence is transforming how government agencies carry out missions and serve citizens.

Watch the interview on Government Matters, "Artificial intelligence to change the way people in government work."

Guest Blogger:  Alayna Kennedy, with Tatiana Sokolova, and Claude Yusti

Government leaders and stakeholders find that agencies would benefit from increased sharing of effective practices and lessons learned.

For more than two decades, the IBM Center for The Business of Government has supported leading researchers to address this imperative by identifying trends, new ideas and best practices—crafting approaches that support government leaders in addressing mission delivery and management challenges with strategies and actions that promote efficiency and effectiveness. Center reports assist public sector executives and managers in addressing real-world problems with practical ideas and original thinking to improve government performance. 

Taking stock of insights that continue to shape government reform.

In the IBM Center’s new book, Government For The Future: Reflection and Vision for Tomorrow’ Leaders, part two of the book looks twenty years into the future envisioning the road ahead. This contribution is the next in a multi-part series, The Future of Artificial Intelligence, authored by David A. Bray.

We are pleased to announce our latest round of awards for new reports on key public sector challenges. Our content is intended to stimulate and accelerate the production of practical research that benefits public sector leaders and managers. We expect the following reports to be published in late 2019. 

Risk Management in the AI Era: Navigating the Opportunities and Threats of AI to Overall Risk Management in the 21st Century by Justin Bullock, Texas A&M University and Matt Young, Syracuse University

Last month, I joined a panel discussion of cybersecurity leaders at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The panel, which followed an opening plenary address from Federal CIO Suzette Kent, assessed effective approaches to cybersecurity protection for endpoint devices used by Federal agencies; the panel discussion was moderated by William Carter at CSIS, and also included Ryan Gillis (Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy and Global Policy, Palo Alto Networks) and Todd Gustafson, President & Head of US Public Sector, HP Federal.

In the IBM Center’s new book, Government For The Future: Reflection and Vision for Tomorrow’ Leaders,  part two of the book looks twenty years ahead offering perspectives on the future. This contribution is the next in a multi-part series, Citizen-Driven Government: Boundaryless Organizations, by Sukumar Rao.