When you get a thank you card at the end of a program signed by participants during the event either it’s a less than captivating workshop or the group was really motivated to give you feedback. Fortunately, it was the latter and the words inscribed were very positive and poignant – people felt “enlightened,” “inspired”Read… Read more »
TriMet (OR) launched an online performance dashboard that tracks ridership, cost per ride, on-time performance, revenues, and collisions. Original post
To be successful over the long-term, Open Government efforts can’t be a separate line item on the balance sheet With the recent news that several major Open Government efforts including USASpending.gov, Data.gov, and FedSpace may be shut down due to budget cuts and that the Pentagon has disbanded their social media office, many people inRead… Read more »
Authored by Jeff White How well do you know your teaming partners? Do you know what government agencies they’ve worked with? What contracts they’ve held? What actions the government may have taken against them in the past? And are you taking their word for it? You might not recognize the risk you’re taking if you’reRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Is on vacation this week. Still, I couldn’t help but notice a much-tweeted article on the State Department’s new internal social networking site. John Kamensky GAO’s Latest Improper Payments Status Report. The total dollars in improper payments is going up, however the Administration’s tough steps are making progress – the percent share ofRead… Read more »
by Susan A. Berson Shifting from full-time employees to independent contractors is a recessionary cost-cutting measure some businesses implemented. But for those who have misclassified their workforce, the glare of the IRS spotlight may soon be upon them. Over the next three years, the Internal Revenue Service is auditing 6,000 randomly selected businesses to determineRead… Read more »
This article was originally published on Tri Tuns Blog. OBSERVATION Have you noticed that you spend a large amount of time documenting process flows but fail to measure their IT implementation? How do you know if the end-users are enacting the system as designed and contributing to the business goals? We know that process documentationRead… Read more »
Political and financial doom and gloom fill the news. There are endless stories about the budget, debt ceiling, Standard and Poor’s rating, deficits, taxes, spending and so forth. These are all serious issues confronting the nation. The best way of approaching them often perplex the politicians we elect to represent us. I believe despite allRead… Read more »
What if the President and Congress made spending decisions based on what they wanted to achieve rather than on individual agencies and programs? That’s the premise of portfolio budgeting. Has its time arrived or is it still . . . A Pipe Dream? Maybe, but it is actually being done by other countries, such asRead… Read more »
What if the world’s largest economy somehow formed a partnership with one of the world’s greenest countries? What kinds of great green ideas and field-tested technologies would be shared, compared and implemented? How much mutual benefit would these two countries derive from this exchange? It seems as though we’re about to find out. The SwedishRead… Read more »