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Weekly Roundup: July 22-26, 2024
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, July 26, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights of interest in public management & leadership for the week ending July 26, 2024. HHS Creates new Office to Oversee Cyber, AI; Seeks to Fill key Tech Roles. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today (more...)
AI Literacy: A Prerequisite for the Future of AI and Automation in Homeland Security
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, July 25, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Ignacio Cruz This essay is adapted from Chapter 7, AI Literacy: A Prerequisite for the Future of AI and Automation in Government, in Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resilience, Innovation, and Performance. The IBM Center for The Business (more...)
Skills-based hiring smashes through “paper ceiling”
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, July 25, 2024 Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene Multiple states have embraced a movement to drop degree requirements for certain jobs. But the change is not as simple as a stroke of a pen. Historically, state and local governments have been prescriptive in their job descriptions, (more...)
National Institute on Aging: Leading Project Management Practices Are Important for Large-Scale Health Data Efforts
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) Real-World Data Platform was to improve research into Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by compiling and analyzing real-world data. However, during the course of GAO’s work in April 2024, NIA decided not to fund the data platform. Prior to NIA’s (more...)
Leadership Insights from "The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization" by Peter M. Senge
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Michael J. Keegan This essay explores the leadership insights derived from Senge’s book, emphasizing how principles can be applied to foster effective and adaptive leadership, transforming leadership practices and organizational dynamics. Peter M. Senge’s influential work, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice (more...)
Financial Management Systems: VA Should Improve Its Risk Response Plans
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for administering benefit programs for veterans, their families, and their survivors. These programs include those for pensions, education, disability compensation, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivor support, medical care, and burial benefits. In 2016, VA established the (more...)
Biden administration tightens broker access to Healthcare.gov to thwart rogue sign-ups
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. In the first six months of the year, more than 200,000 people reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that they were either enrolled in Obamacare plans or switched from one plan to another without their permission. (more...)
How federal funding, guidance can protect the water supply
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. After a series of troubling cyberattacks on U.S. water systems, the Environmental Protection Agency recently issued an enforcement alert to water system operators requesting they take action to ensure the security of the country’s water supply. The alert encourages operators to apply some basic but critical protective measures. (more...)
Biden’s 2024 presidential reelection bid ends
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. After weeks of pressure from the Democratic party and others, the president has decided to stop pursing a second term, writing that he believes “it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties (more...)
Nuclear waste cleanup agency undermined by staff shortages, report says
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management had a 17% vacancy rate at the end of fiscal 2023 and most were mission-critical roles. (more...)