Two years in: A Look at the Current Status of the DATA Act
June 29, 2016
At just over two years old, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) has progressed towards implementation of its key provisions in May 2017, but progress has faced some key…
Establishing a Federal Employee Personnel Number: A Unique ID to Replace the SSN
March 23, 2016
How can OPM eliminate SSN from electronic records held by OPM? How can OMB implement an alternate ID for Federal employees to replace the SSN as the employee ID?“In 1962, The Civil Service…
No Big Proposals in State of the Union for Feds
January 13, 2016
COE's Steve Goodrich speaks as a guest on "Federal Drive" with Tom Temin on Federal News Radio. As promised, last night's State of the Union speech from President Barack Obama was relatively short…
COE Solution: Business Process Improvement
October 5, 2015
Business Process Improvement (BPI)Conceptually, business process improvement is a powerful model of change, emphasizing optimization of an organization’s core business processes. This contrasts…
A Constitutional Convention Model for Government Reform
October 5, 2015
It is time to revisit what the federal government does for its people in order to create a more effective government. More than 228 years ago during an 83-day period, our founding fathers created the…
DATA Act: Navigating the Pathway to Transparency
September 1, 2015
Download the Full PDF Infographic Handout Take the DATA Act Challenge Top digital talent is being recruited from startups and top technology companies like Google, Intel, Skype, PayPal, and Oracle…
Implementing the DATA Act
September 1, 2015
Download the Full PDF of the DATA Act Solutioning Paper "Data and information is the quickest way to improved services and decision making." - DJ Patil, U.S. Chief Data Scientist, May 2015…
Institutional Wisdom as a Tool for Effectiveness
August 17, 2015
Mature organizations are not necessarily old organizations, but they do share the characteristic of wisdom we often attribute to more experienced people. Wisdom is generally recognized as good…
An Rx for OPM
July 28, 2015
The beleaguered Office of Personnel Management (OPM) continues to wind its way through its current challenge while it also assimilates a new leader. I have no doubt that Beth Cobert will do the job…
How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Government?
July 15, 2015
With the 24-hour news cycle and at-your-fingers access to the latest stories, the American people have plenty of information constantly available to them. And whether they know it or not, they are…
