Digital Government
Kelman: Perfecting performance
When I came to work for the government about a decade ago, the Air Force was experiencing a big problem with a large information technology hardware contract called Desktop II.
Acquisition
Kelman: Time to share savings
Columnist Steve Kelman says share-in-savings contracts can promote better performance.
People
Reforms are just a start
Procurement reform over the past 15 years have had an impact on government IT, but more needs to be done
People
A milestone for measuring results
Results should be seen as a tool for improvement so people will embrace it.
Digital Government
MIA on procurement
In a little squib announcing the nomination of David Safavian as new administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Washington Post headlined that the new head of the Bush administration's competitive sourcing initiative had been named.
Digital Government
The perfect storm?
At this year's Executive Leadership Conference last month, the air was filled with the spirit of government/industry collaboration.
Acquisition
Structured empowerment
The loosening of the tyranny of rules that has occurred in the procurement system during the past decade has involved a trade-off.
Digital Government
Job site gets it right
OPM's USAJobs relaunch can teach us a lot about how to do it right
Digital Government
Managing with courage
I am writing this column fresh from a fascinating experience teaching a group of Senior Executive Service (SES) managers in an executive education class at Harvard University
People
Project management 101
A book by J. Davidson serves as a primer for understanding project management
Digital Government
'Bundling' confusion
Contract bundling seems to be a difficult issue for people to understand.
Acquisition
Opposition in union
Commentary: Democrats should shun the scorched-earth procurement policies of the federal unions
People
Serving the public
Commentary: Students believe the government is likely to make available the least desirable e-government services
People
Mismanaging managers
Commentary: As long as we don't recognize that contract managers are managers, it will be hard to attract high-flyers to those jobs
Acquisition
Nothing lies like statistics
The percentage of government contract dollars going to small businesses has been remarkably stable during the past decade
Digital Government
A basis for reform
The National Commission on the Public Service report on improving government performance is a remarkable document
Acquisition