Acquisition
Swedes debate procurement, competition and public services
Steve Kelman looks at what another nation's policies can teach us about public management.
Digital Government
A public/private partnership that is saving lives
Steve Kelman explains why a Swedish emergency response system is a model for future cooperation.
Digital Government
World to US: You are destroying yourself!
As the world watches the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate, America's reputation sinks.
Digital Government
More Florentine observations
Steve Kelman discovers a new level of tourism in Italy.
Digital Government
International pact helps NOAA mitigate satellite data loss
A five-year agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites at least partially helps offset a potential gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage.
People
Berry to say 'g'day' to Australia
Obama taps former OPM chief as ambassador to the land down under.
Cybersecurity
U.S. teams with unexpected new cyber ally
The United States and Russia put aside differences on some issues to join forces in cyberspace.
Acquisition
Can feds harness the global workforce?
Steve Kelman wonders if vendors offering vastly lower prices thanks to global competition would capture the government's attention.
Digital Government
Does government reward innovation?
Innovation comes with inherent high risk, Steve Kelman observes. The federal government makes it even riskier by punishing failure but barely rewarding success. Has a city in China found a better way?
Digital Government
Strangling Google in China?
Steve Kelman finds unexpected search-engine difficulties while traveling in a foreign land.
Digital Government
Keeping time (and tune) with students in Shanghai
Steve Kelman enjoys an evening of karaoke and bottled water.
Cybersecurity
DHS pleased with immigration info-sharing pilot program
The first phase of a joint U.S.-Canada effort includes collecting data and reconciling records.
Digital Government
USAID tackles mobility in the developing world
USAID's mission demands a very different approach to mobile projects than other agencies take.
Digital Government
Chinese company drops U.S. market
As laws restricting the ability of some major agencies to purchase from Chinese firms take hold, one company sets its sights elsewhere.
People
Taking the social-media pulse of Chinese students
Steve Kelman quizzes visiting Chinese students on their use of social media in the repressive Chinese regime.
Digital Government
Meeting the first dean of China's first business school
Steve Kelman meets Professor Yingluo Wang, a pioneer of Chinese business education.
Digital Government
Mass consumption in China
A Harvard professor encounters China's burgeoning consumer culture.
Digital Government
To learn more, keep quiet
Observing a conference in a Muslim country during Ramadan provides a lesson about the value of understanding other cultures.
Digital Government
Visiting Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim museum in Spain
A trip to deliver a lecture leads to cultural opportunities.
Digital Government