COE to Help Agencies on GSA HCaTS Contract
May 18, 2016
The Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc. (COE), an organizational transformation consulting firm, today announced that it has been selected to provide federal agencies with customized training…
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…
There is no “I” in Team COE
March 4, 2016
How Teamwork Has Kept DoD’s Workforce Planning Efforts on Track Every two years, the Department of Defense (DoD) is required to deliver a strategic workforce plan (SWP) to Congress, outlining…
10 Ways to Capitalize on Transparency’s Potential
December 11, 2015
Since President Obama signed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act in May 2014, federal agencies have been hard at work implementing data standards and establishing a framework for…
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…
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…
Here’s Our Chance to Fix Government Once and for All
July 9, 2015
The federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path that threatens our national security and social safety net. While many cuts and changes have taken place, government has yet to address the…
9 Key Steps to Cyber-Preparation
June 22, 2015
We are dealing with a systemic crisis-critical government information is being hacked and falling into the hands of "evil doers," and there appears to be no end in sight. Hardly a week goes by when…