Management
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May 7th, 2009 BIG Experience host: Mr. J. David Reeves, Blacks In Government National President, will have Herman L. Taylor, Jr., Delegate, 14th Legislative District - Montgomery County as the guest on Thursday at 11:00 AM.
May 06, 2009 -
John Dewey said failure is instructive—so what can we learn from past complex system acquisitions? And how can we improve the process? When IT procurement requirements are poorly defined acquisitions can run into trouble—with over-charges, under-estimates and countless change orders. When speed matters, getting the up-front requirements right is crucial. To make acquisitions effective, focus on the essentials: clear, concise requirements, consistency, adequate detail, and realistic performance goals—then your chances for a win-win rise dramatically.
May 06, 2009 -
Roger Waldron, Of Counsel Mayer Brown LLP May 5th, 2009
May 05, 2009 -
We’ve been tracking how Recovery.gov ’s National Dialogue has been going — this is the innovative experiment to ask people to help solve the vexing issue of ensuring that there is transparency in the stimulus…
May 05, 2009 -
War games — we remember the 1980s movie with Matthew Broderick . . . or the board game Risk . . . or even chess. War games have been around forever, particularly for the military.…
May 04, 2009 -
CHEERS To Senators Tom Carper, Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman & George Voinovich for the Information Technology Investment Oversight and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 (pdf). This bill is a first, but important, step in the…
May 04, 2009 -
Many mayors around the country agree with President Obama’s policies and look forward to grants for programs such as energy efficiency and small businesses. Tom Cochran has been the CEO and Executive Director of the…
May 01, 2009 -
New OFPP report tells how many agencies are taking advantage of four-year-old tool to improve their procurement workforce.
May 01, 2009 -
Items that we mentioned today on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris… * WSJ op-ed: Obama’s Federal Suggestion Box by Brian Carney, a member of the Journal’s editorial…
May 01, 2009 -
Regular readers will know that I am fascinated with the Recovery.gov National Dialogue on Information Technology Solutions — a somewhat clunky name for the conversation that the Obama administration has opened up on ways to…
May 01, 2009 -
Just like private-sector businesses, agencies are trying to squeeze out every last penny from IT budgets. One way is to extend the life of laptop inventories and other IT hardware. But Jack Gold of J.…
May 01, 2009 -
Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff on the state of homeland security.
April 30, 2009 -
David Fisher Director Business Transformation Agency May 5th, 2009
April 30, 2009 -
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra is leading a two-month review on how agencies submit, and the Office of Management and Budget collects, IT project data. Kundra told Senate lawmakers yesterday that agencies need to…
April 29, 2009 -
We are two days into Recovery.gov’s week-long National Dialogue on stimulus and transparency… and so far, it seems that they are getting some good information. Just a reminder for those who haven’t been following the…
April 29, 2009