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Management People Don’t Always Behave Rationally—Agencies are Learning to Plan for That John Kamensky, Government Executive Officials are increasingly leveraging the power of behavioral science to enhance program performance. After successful first cohort, CIO Council looking to expand, sustain cyber … Continue reading →

Analytics/Evidence The Opportunity Agencies Should Seize Andrew Feldman, Government Executive Federal agencies are now required to produce learning agendas. Here’s how to make them useful. Collaboration Better Collaboration Tools Need Better Security Joe Lazzaro, Nextgov Building new technology on a … Continue reading →

Management State Department Reforms Have Been Hindered by Changes in Staff and Priorities, Watchdog Finds Courtney Buble, Government Executive One initiative is complete, 13 are ongoing, two were stalled and one was terminated, GAO says. Analytics/Evidence Agencies are now required … Continue reading →

Performance and Management Why’s It So Hard to Ax Bad Government Programs? Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Governing Performance data hasn’t worked out the way it was intended. What ever happened to CyberStat? Derek Johnson, Federal Computer Week Government auditors … Continue reading →

Analytics/Evidence OMB Moving Ahead to Steer Agencies on Evidence-Based Policymaking Charles Clark, Government Executive Acting budget chief’s memo sets up three-year timeline, interagency council. The new way data will be managed in federal agencies Andrew Eversden, Federal Times New Office … Continue reading →