Weekly Roundup: September 30-October 4, 2024

IRS Doubles Number of States Using Direct File for 2025. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this week that its Direct File tool will be available in 12 additional states for the 2025 tax season, making the free e-filing service available in a total of 24 states.

Weekly Roundup: September 23-27 2024

DoD Cutting Improper Payments; Legacy IT Financial Systems Still Need Work. The Department of Defense (DoD) is making progress in reducing costs related to improper payments through its Advana centralized data and analytics platform, but the agency continues to struggle with some of its financial IT systems.

Weekly Roundup: September 16-20, 2024

Agency IT Grades Soar on Latest FITARA Scorecard. Federal agency grades were up sharply and nearly across the board on the latest edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued today by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who is ranking member of the House Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation Subcommittee and who compiles the scorecard with substantial input from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Weekly Roundup: September 9-13, 2024

O’Malley makes last ditch effort to secure Biden’s budget proposal for Social Security. The commissioner said that without a budget anomaly to boost funding at the agency, the Social Security Administration would need to institute a hiring freeze and would see its workforce fall to a 50-year low.

From the Gridiron to Government: How Tom Brady's Leadership Insights Can Transform Government Teams

NFL great Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria of the Harvard Business School have collaborated on a compelling and timely article, for the September-October 2024 Harvard Business Review, which focuses on the often-overlooked aspect of leadership: the importance of teamwork and how great leaders bring out the best in their teams.

Weekly Roundup: August 19-23, 2024

GAO: DoD IT Systems Slowly Progress, Better Planning Still Needed. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has given the Department of Defense (DoD) a mixed report card on its IT systems: while there’s been a bit of progress in performance reporting and development planning, the DoD still has a long way to go.

Weekly Roundup: August 12-16, 2024

Commerce Dept. Inks $1.6 Billion CHIPS Deal With Texas Instruments. The Commerce Department announced today it has signed another blockbuster funding deal under the CHIPS and Science Act for up to $1.6 billion in proposed direct funding for Texas Instruments (TI) to expand its production of semiconductors.

Weekly Roundup: August 5-9, 2024

How DoD and VA solved a huge UX problem: Three dozen clicks to send an email.  At DoD and VA’s first and only jointly-operated hospital, getting electronic health records to work well isn’t the only technical challenge.

Navigating the Complex Landscape of Data: Insights from Cristina Alaimo

In a revealing conversation on The Business of Government Hour, Cristina Alaimo, co-author of DATA RULES: Reinventing the Market Economydelves into the intricate world of data and its profound implications for modern society.

Weekly Roundup: July 29-August 2, 2024

OMB: PMA Strategy Goals More Than Halfway Completed. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on July 31 released its most recent quarterly updates to the Biden-Harris administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA), noting that the strategies in each of the three priority areas range from 59 to 77 percent complete.

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Leadership Fellow & Host, The Business of Government Hour
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Michael has two decades of experience with both the private and public sectors encompassing strategic planning, business process redesign, strategic communications and marketing, performance management, change management, executive and team coaching, and risk-financing.

Michael leads the IBM Center for The Business of Government's leadership research. As the Center’s Leadership Fellow, his work is at the nexus of the Center’s mission – connecting research to practice. My work at that the Center complements frontline experience of actual government executives with practical insights from thought leaders who produce Center reports – merging real-world experience with practical scholarship. The purpose is not to offer definitive solutions to the many management challenges facing executives, but to provide a resource from which to draw practical, actionable recommendations on how best to confront such issues. Michael also hosts and produces the IBM Center’s The Business of Government Hour. He has interviewed and profiled hundreds of senior government executives from all levels of government as well as recognized thought leaders focusing on a range of public management issues and trends. Over the last four years, Michael has expanded both the show’s format and reach – now broadcasting informational and educational conversations with dedicated public servants on two radio stations five times a week and anywhere at anytime over the web and at iTunes. Michael is also the managing editor of The Business of Government magazine, with a targeted audience of close to 14,000 government and non-government professionals. Additionally, he manages the Center’s bi-annual proposal review process that awards stipends to independent, third party researchers tackling a wide range of public management issues.

Prior to joining the Center, Michael worked as a senior managing consultant with IBM GBS (Global Business Services) and as a principle consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Washington Consulting Practice (WCP). He led projects in the private and federal civilian sectors including the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, FEMA, and the Veterans Health Administration. Before entering consulting, he worked in the private sector as product development manager at a New York City based risk financing firm.

Since 2003, Mr. Keegan has been a reviewer for Association of Government Accountant’s Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR)© program, keeping abreast of the most recent developments in authoritative standards affecting federal accounting, financial reporting and performance measurement. He is also a member of APPAM, the NYU Alumni Association, and the Data Center & Cloud Talent, USA. He holds masters in public administration and management from New York University and was the founder of its DC alumni group as well as previous treasurer of the NYU graduate school’s alumni board.