Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Federal Performance Reporting: Lessons from the OMB Pilot Program

In 2006, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) authorized the Performance and Accountability Reporting (PAR) Pilot Program, which permitted executive branch agencies to use an alternative approach to reporting financial and performance information. Eleven departments and agencies volunteered to participate in the FY 2007 PAR Pilot Program. Three initiatives were held to assess andRead… Read more »

Help the White House Sort Out Recovery.gov!

Last week, Steve Ressler told you about an upcoming initiative to let the public shape the future of Recovery.gov. Building a portal where the public can monitor the dispersal of stimulus funds and progress of the economic recovery, transparently and in real time, is no easy feat. So, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, inRead… Read more »

Value of a Certified Coach

Just a quick note to say what a terrific value a certified coach brings to a learning event. Last night, Joe R. from InMotioncoach.com, did a fantastic job on critiquing six presentations. I myself did not present a topic but I gained so much information as to suggestions for improving a presentation. Over the yearsRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: NASA Shuttle Retirement Postponed … Maybe

NASA’s Congressional supporters appear to have bought some time in their efforts to ease the Space Shuttle program’s hard retirement date, as the House and Senate conference agreement on the budget resolution reached this week would fund Shuttle missions beyond September 2010. The storied Space Shuttle program is set to end at that time toRead… Read more »

3rd Infantry Division Adds Battlefield Medical Recording System to Stateside Aid Stations

Big news out of Fort Stewart, where the 3rd Infantry Division, led by LTC Edward Michaud, is taking a proactive approach to fixing a problem that continues to exists for battalion aid station clinics in the U.S. He’s using MC4, a traditionally battlefield-only electronic medical record (EMR) system to get his clinical staff used toRead… Read more »

Cheap Training Tip #1: Love Your Librarian

One of the first questions I ask any trainer or teacher looking to design a new program is “who’s your favorite librarian?” And if they don’t have an immediate answer, we need to talk. You see, librarians are some of the most informed and creative resources you have available to you, so if you’re lookingRead… Read more »

Cheap Training Tip #2: A Picture is Worth a Bunch of Words

What’s your Leadership Brand? I used this activity mid-way through a leadership program to give participants an opportunity to evaluate their strengths and leadership qualities. The premise is simple: each of us has a unique “brand” or style of leadership. Of course what we may “think” our style of leadership is and what others seeRead… Read more »

Government Web Conference

I vow not to miss next years Gov’t Web conference (on now at GWU). In the interest of opengov, I’d be happy to be a rep from Canada! Following the session #Govwebcon on Twitter – congrats on a tremendous event. M.

Corporate/Government Training Classes

Taken any training classes recently? Being in IT we take classes every year to keep abreast of the new technology, even if it’s only to learn a new Microsoft operating system that will be gone in three years. We also get management courses. How to manage people, projects, time, whatever. The instructors aren’t called “instructors”Read… Read more »

Feds gear up

There’s been plenty of quick action so far to ratchet up the government’s response to the swine flu outbreak. It’s all over the federal government – There are websites from multiple federal agencies. Congress is planning emergency hearings this week on the outbreak and government command centers have been enacted to keep track of andRead… Read more »

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