In May of 2005, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) released a memorandum to all Federal Chief Acquisition, Information and Financial Officers announcing the onset of a Strategic Sourcing initiative. The memo required all agencies identify no fewer than three commodities “that could be purchased more effectively and efficientlyRead… Read more »
Agencies are again operating under a CR. Here are some suggestions to help budget officers avoid disrupting agency operations during the CR period. There have been three recent papers on CRs: * Continuing Resolutions: Uncertainty Limited Management Options and Increased Workload in Selected Agencies, GAO, #09-879, Sep 2009 * Interim Continuing Resolutions: Potential Impacts onRead… Read more »
Have you noticed that managers often act differently toward their different employees? Do you sometimes see managers who have favorites? Well, if so, you are witnessing the workings of the LMX theory of leadership. The leader-member exchange (LMX) theory holds that leaders have two different types of relationships among their followers. In essence, leaders establishRead… Read more »
Elinor Ostrom, who shares this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics, wins the prize for her work studying the ways that people successfully organize themselves to manage “Common Pool Resources” (CPRs) such as fisheries, water, forest, air quality, etc. I hope she’ll make it to the prize-winners’ podium in time to amplify her voice and giveRead… Read more »
by Sophicity When a municipality is tasked with reducing operating costs, one often overlooked area is energy use in the IT infrastructure. With energy prices on the rise, an increasingly taxed power grid and growing public concern over efficiency, new technologies and approaches to the way IT operates can lead to a dramatic reduction inRead… Read more »
As I had noted before, I participated in a Brussels workshop (March 2009) called Public Services 2.0 that left a small legacy: a group of people – just a couple of dozens, from all over the planet, rallied around David Osimo and Paul Johnston. This group has the knowledge and the stamina to try andRead… Read more »
Now that you know podcampUSCG is off and running, maybe you read about it here, here or here, you probably want the details. PodcampUSCG is being held in conjunction with (but not endorsed by) the United States Coast Guard Innovation Expo at the Convention Center in Virginia Beach, VA. The podcamp will be held onRead… Read more »
In addition to OST’s Ezine “Turbo-Charging Business Growth” we are now offering a FREE report. This report is based on copious notes taken during the September 16th Association of Proposal Management Professionals Roundtable, where small, medium, and large-tier businesses provided valuable insight into developing and managing a successful business opportunity pipeline. To get the FREERead… Read more »
Almost as soon as the Nobel Peace Prize recipient was announced this morning reactions started pouring into news outlets. Obviously spokesmen for nations on the “outs” with the United States were of a kind. Gabriela Ramírez of Venezuela ridiculed it. So did Khaled Al-Batsh of Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Surprisingly though several Americans were alsoRead… Read more »
Check out Fierce Government IT’s Top Women CIOs in government to see how this top talent ring stacks up at http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/slideshows/top-women-cios-government?img=0 Judi