Management
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The Unified Shared Service Management team is trying to carry out the government's vision of shared services. When experts talk about this stuff, two themes come up again and again: execution and enforceability. Dave McClure, chief strategist at the Veris Group, used to lead the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies at the General Services Administration. He discusses the challenges of shared services on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 27, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management's Office of the Inspector General has issued a management alert warning that the agency's procurement process for certain benefits is outdated, creates a conflict of interest and could cause taxpayers to overpay on services.
October 27, 2015 John Landwehr, vice president, public sector CTO at Adobe, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how document management technology and monitoring analytics can help agencies secure their data. October 27, 2015
October 26, 2015-
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to make one last budget deal before he leaves Congress at the end of the week. The two-year deal is expected to designate increases in defense spending as Overseas Contingency Operations funds, and would boost civilian agency spending as well, though not at the levels President Barack Obama requested.
October 26, 2015 -
The growing demand for federal shared services is driving yet another attempt to improve the management and oversight of these services government-wide. The Office of Management and Budget is setting up two new organizations to plan and implement the shared services concept for common functions like financial management and human resources. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller has more.
October 26, 2015 -
This gallery features interviews with executives who are Executive of the Year (Over $300 million) finalists.
October 26, 2015 -
This gallery features interviews with executives who are Executive of the Year (Up to $75 million) finalists.
October 26, 2015 -
A new data pilot from the Small Business Administration is helping the agency keep better track of what grants it makes and where the money goes. It's one small step forward as the SBA and other agencies implement their DATA Act plans.
October 23, 2015 -
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin that averting a government shutdown on Dec. 11 weighs heavily on minds as the House mulls its options for a new speaker.
October 23, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management is conducting a study to better understand professional and administrative work within financial management, budgeting and accounting.
October 23, 2015 -
The Obama administration ends in just 15 months. That means it's time to start planning for a presidential transition. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the thinking is behind a bill to involve career managers more deeply in the transition process.
October 23, 2015 -
The Homeland Security Department is working through phase two of its Management Cube initiative. The project gives the department a better view of its own financial, acquisition, human capital, contracting, asset and security data.
October 23, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget announced a new governance and oversight structure for the financial management shared services initiative. The oversight committee will create a strategy and the Unified Shared Service Management Team will drive the implementation of shared services across government.
October 23, 2015 -
An AASHTO Center of Excellence is scheduled to open in Transportation Department headquarters next year. The modernized space will be a collaborative area designed to foster the one-stop-shop concept.
October 22, 2015 -
The crowdsourcing model is coming in full force to the discussion about the future of federal information technology and management. ACT-IAC calls it crowd-versations. Tony Bardo, industry chair for ACT-IAC's Executive Leadership Conference and assistant vice president of government solutions at Hughes, offers his insight on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 22, 2015