COE Receives Alfred P. Sloan ‘When Work Works’ Award
May 20, 2017
COE has been honored once again (2013–2017) with the When Work Works Award for its use of effective workplace strategies to increase business and employee success. This prestigious award, part of the…
4 Quadrants of Quality
May 12, 2017
To guide our service to our clients, COE focuses on our 4 Quadrants of Quality-our internal framework for delivering the best value to each client. In each of the four areas: Client Relations,…
Three Killer B’s of Government Effectiveness
April 18, 2017
We love discourse and debate as much as anyone, but on the topic of government effectiveness and efficiency, there are so many pundits giving opinions on what makes government more effective, it’s…
How Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government Could Work
March 21, 2017
On March 13, President Trump issued an executive order for a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. It calls for the OMB director and agency heads to develop plans for improving…
Enterprise Human Resource Integration (EHRI) Data Warehouse Support for OPM
January 7, 2017
Client Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Services Enterprise Human Resource Integration Data Warehouse Support Year 2014 OPM’s Enterprise Human Resource Integration Data…
Engagement Success
September 25, 2016
COE uses the term "partnership" when talking about our working relationships, because the most successful engagements are true collaborations, complete with mutual trust and respect. In order to…
Things to Consider When Selecting a Firm
June 12, 2016
In today's environment of tightened budgets, heightened partisanship, and increased scrutiny, agency contract selections are under more pressure than ever. Fewer dollars means that the wrong choice…
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…
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 Basic Big Data Introduction for Non-Technical Leaders
February 4, 2015
Most companies, outside of large analytics-oriented shops like Google and Amazon, have struggled to find ways to translate Big Data analytics into bottom-line revenue. Part of the disconnect in…
