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Government Leader home > November 2005 issue
The E-government payoff: Where finance, acquisition and HR converge, e-gov projects deliver - E-government, the electronic kiss that is transforming government from a wart-covered frog trapped in a stovepipe into a handsome, service-delivering prince, is no fairy tale.
The E-government evolution: Evans stresses partnerships, not IT, to drive transformation - Two years ago, before she took charge of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 e-government initiatives, Karen Evans knew from her experience as a federal CIO that those programs transcended the CIO’s office and crossed into the acquisition, finance and human capital functions of agencies.
Prescription for Progress: Dr. Julie Gerberding believes in connecting, not busting, silos to keep CDC in good health - If there’s one characteristic that Dr. Julie Gerberding has shown as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s that she keeps a cool head in a crisis — 23 crises, to be exact.
Getting real about real property: PMA is transforming federal property management - About a year and a half ago, President Bush, with little fanfare, issued Executive Order 13327, making federal property management part of the effort to transform government and folding it into his management agenda.
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EMPHASIS ON ENTERPRISE: E-government has spawned collaboration, but single-enterprise goal remains elusive - It doesn’t seem that long ago that the potential of electronic government, and the initiatives mandated by the E-Government Act of 2002, evoked a great sense of promise and possibility.
UpShot
FINANCE: Clean Audits, Weak Systems - The good news: More agencies are receiving clean audits on the their financial statements. The bad news: Their financial systems can’t generate the comprehensive data needed for day-to-day financial management.
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HUMAN CAPITAL: Fairness, Interesting Work Please Employees - A survey of executive branch employees put the Office of Management and Budget squarely at the top of the list of the 2005 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, compiled by the Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy. Yet OMB has sponsored no employee ski trips, opened no on-site daycare centers, nor added other amenities workers often cite when describing a quality workplace.
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PERFORMANCE: 'How are we doing now?': Better performance analysis helps agencies meet goals - Federal agencies can better meet mission aims when they collect and analyze performance data and use the information for key management decisions and practices, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.
Commentary
DON’T FORGET MANAGEMENT: Trust industry to innovate, but it’s your job to make sure the program stays on track - If you’ve been paying attention for the last couple of years, you’ve probably noticed that there’s something going on in acquisition.
Survival Guide
WHEN TO SAY WHEN: Keeping the holiday season in perspective - The holiday decorations spring up at department stores earlier and earlier each year—reminding you it’s that time of year again. And at the office, it’s no different.
Inside Job
Inside Job: Charlie Warner, Director, IT Program and Project Management Service, Veterans Affairs - “What gets measured, gets done.” Those five little words sum up the management philosophy of Charlie Warner, director of the IT Program and Project Management Service at the Veterans Affairs Department’s Office of Information and Technology.
BriefCase
READING LIST: How to talk the talk? with Metaphors - If you want to win the hearts and minds of your colleagues and workforce, bring your words to life with a metaphor.
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BOOKSHELF: Appointee Acumen - Political appointees and career executives are often depicted as being at odds, but the truth—often unacknowledged—is that they can’t succeed without each other.
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AT RANDOM: Senior Executive Service by the numbers - SES members governmentwide 6,736
Career executives 5,948
Noncareer executives 631
Limited-term executives 157
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TOOLS: Wizard could cast spell over budget-minded execs - For busy government executives who don’t have time to learn the entire Palm OS or all the shortcuts with Pocket PC, the answer may be something simple, functional and inexpensive.
Practical Leadership
OMB’s Family Business: As women gain clout, a key power center finds balance - Beth Robinson is the first woman to head the Office of Budget Review at the Office of Management and Budget. Kathleen Peroff is OMB’s deputy associate director for national security. Kathy Stack is OMB’s deputy associate director for education and human resources.
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