Chairman of the Recovery, Accountability and Transparency Board explains that being transparent and open isn\'t always easy, but the overall results are often positive.
Last weekend, open government advocates gathered in Washington, DC for the second Transparency Camp — an un-conference, which is one of these events where bright people come together and decide what they want to talk…
UPDATE: See the video of me on NewsChannel 8 here. I will be on DC’s NewsChannel 8’s Federal News Tonight — and we’re going to talk about the Obama administration’s transparency and open government initiative.…
Today, of course, marks the anniversary of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States — and there are all sorts of assessments of his first year going on right…
A look back at our conversation with President Obama\'s technology czar on the administration\'s efforts to increase transparency.
I have mentioned that I will be moderating a panel on Wednesday morning talking about the Better Buy Project, which is an innovative collaborative platform for improving the government procurement process. Find more at betterbuyproject.com.…
On Monday, I am part of an event focused on the use of Web 2.0 in the government market hosted by government marketing guru Mark Amtower titled, Social Networking for B2G: Who’s Doing What, Why…
We have been telling you about a number of management reorganizations going on at a number of federal agencies — the Department of Health and Human Services… the Department of Veterans Affairs has named W.…
The plan — and you can read all the documents here — essentially creates an uber-USDA \"Departmental Administration\" that includes most of the management functions — procurement, IT, HR, finance and budget — all under one umbrella.
The WSJ Monday featured a special technology section… and the lead story was about the end of e-mail. Why Email No Longer Rules… [WSJ, Oct. 12, 2009] And what that means for the way we…
The hottest ticket in town — by far — is Input’s breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 8 featuring Roger Baker, the CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The event has more than 425 people registered…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has rebuilt its website in an extreme online makeover to streamline business at the agency. Text messaging, e-mail and cell-phone tools have been added in the hopes that wait times can be cut.
It’s an extreme online makeover to streamline business at the agency charged with managing citizenship applications. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services is adding e-mail and cell-phone tools to its site that will allow incoming…
Keeping fraud out of your organization isn’t easy, but two days from now you’re going to get some help. The Association of Government Accountants launches its Internal Control and Fraud Conference. You’ll find some heavy-hitters…