This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Vice President, Global Public Sector IBM Cristina.Caballe@es.ibm.com Cristina has more than 25 years experience in the public sector, contributing to large transformational projects with different central, regional and local government clients in the US, EMEA, APAC, and Japan. She is the lead (more…)
Building future ready governments – Transformational lessons learned from a global shock
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Building future ready governments.pdf Cristina Caballe Fuguet Kee Won Song Dave Zaharchuk Oxford Economics surveyed 635 government leaders in 44 countries who were in positions of organizational authority during the pandemic to understand how specific behaviors and attitudes adopted during the pandemic (more…)
Applying Design Principles for Responsible AI in Homeland Security
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Ana Maria Dimand Co-Authors: Kayla Schwoerer, Andrea Patrucco, and Ilia Murtazashvili The IBM Center for the Business of Government has partnered with Homeland Security Today to share insights from the Future Shocks initiative and subsequent book, Transforming the (more…)
Payment Integrity: Significant Improvements Are Needed to Address Improper Payments and Fraud
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Improper payments and fraud are long-standing and significant problems in the federal government. Since fiscal year 2003, cumulative improper payment estimates by executive branch agencies have totaled about $2.7 trillion. In fiscal year 2023 alone, federal agencies estimated $236 billion in (more…)
Maui wildfire recovery effectively paused without additional funds
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Witnesses at a congressional hearing last week touted the federal government’s response to last year’s disaster but said long-term recovery is in jeopardy.
Disrupt with Impact: Achieving Success in an Unpredictable Work
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, September 9, 2024 Roger Spitz How can we turn disruption into opportunity and transformation? What tools, frameworks, and insights can help leaders navigate the constancy of uncertainty? How can we unleash our disruptive thinking — building roadmaps to imagine, (more…)
Small Business Research Programs: Opportunities Exist for SBA and Agencies to Reduce Vulnerabilities to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found GAO’s analysis of 37 fraud schemes targeting the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs demonstrates control vulnerabilities and fraud risks with a range of financial and other impacts. These schemes often involved multiple participating agencies (more…)
Navy secretary violated the Hatch Act, OSC finds
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. The Office of Special Counsel also determined Education Secretary Miguel Cardona did not break the Hatch Act and concluded that federal employee activity related to Project 2025 is not prohibited under the law.
Biden administration seeks more Social Security funding, election and transition provisions in possible CR
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. The Office of Management and Budget made the requests as part of the process by which the White House and Congress prepare for the potential need to pass a short-term continuing resolution in September.
Army set to require SBOMs for new software by early next year
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. By next February — and possibly sooner — the Army expects to have new rules in place that will require detailed ingredient lists for virtually all of the new software the service buys or builds. After nearly two years of gathering feedback from (more…)