Robert Shea

The noble work of the HR professional in government: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CHCO Council

To the CHCO community, congratulations for leaning in on strengthening human capital management in the federal government. The HR profession and public…

Commentary

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Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 23: Reflecting Back on 2022; Looking Forward to 2023

Accelerating Government

First Look

Growing frustrations puts GSA on hot seat to fix the transition to UEI

Reporter's Notebook

Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 16 – 20th Anniversary of the eGov Act

Accelerating Government

The end of an era: BlackBerry’s impact on feds, industry endures

Reporter's Notebook

In this March 18, 2021 photo, the White House is shown in Washington. Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday

Biden undoes Trump memo skeptical of agency performance metrics

Agency Oversight

OMB memo lays out agency performance metric challenges for Biden administration

Management

Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

Big Data

We need evidence and data to move forward effectively

Commentary

Unions still see problems with emergency paid sick leave at SSA, VA

Workforce

It’s been a big year so far for the government’s push toward better data governance

Federal Drive

Unlocking the power of podcasts

Robert Shea of Grant Thornton and Kurt Schneid of Brand Ready Media, joined host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, discuss how to leverage…

Amtower Off-Center

Evidence-based policy bill passage sets stage for upcoming federal data strategy

The new law requires agencies to appoint a chief evaluation officer, whose job will involve asking key questions about the effectiveness of agency programs,…

Open Data/Transparency

Opportunity is knocking: Create an evidence-based culture with new policymaking law

Commentary

Robert Shea and Robert Hahn, members of the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, offer six ideas for agencies to begin taking advantage of new evidence-based policymaking law.