Performance Management
House Clears Bill to Strengthen Program Management
Charles Clark, Government Executive
All agencies would appoint new program improvement officers.

Analytics/Evaluation
How the ‘Data Cabinet’ Could Break Down Project Barriers
Mohana Ravindranath, Nextgov
Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil wants to connect government data professionals so they can help other agencies.
AI is coming
Steve Kelman, Federal Computer Week
The author looks at the potential — and potential risks — of letting algorithms drive government decision-making.

Customer Service
Building a Relational Public Sector
Jody Hoffer Gittell and Jacob Storch, Stanford Social Innovation Review
What the US can learn from Denmark, and vice versa.

Open Government
How Data is Radically Changing the Federal Government
Kevin Merritt, Government Executive
By making information accessible to the public, agencies are serving citizens more effectively.
Open data’s journey through an administration
Samantha Ehlinger, Fedscoop
Open data experts reflect on the progress made so far in giving the public more government data.
What Obama Did for Tech: Transparency and Open Data
Jason Shueh, Government Technology
Data.gov went live in 2009 and was the first platform to deliver federal data to citizens, civic hackers, academics and anyone else seeking insights from government information.