People
The Trump administration has a management agenda!
Steve Kelman digs into the administration's budget blueprint and finds clear signs of continuity for improving government management.
Digital Government
When 'compliance' should be a dirty word
Steve Kelman makes the case that using the word "comply" can have unintended consequences.
Digital Government
Can IGs and agencies agree to a code of conduct?
Steve Kelman argues "The Art of the Deal" offers a possible path to more constructive oversight.
Digital Government
18F: The empire strikes back
Oversight has its place, Steve Kelman writes, but the IG reports focused on 18F almost seem hostile to innovation.
Acquisition
Updates from the procurement innovation front
Steve Kelman checks in on some of his favorite examples of shaking up the government status quo.
Acquisition
After the award: How to make contracts deliver
A recent roundtable discussion found strong consensus that agencies and industry must team up to improve communication, collaboration and trust.
Digital Government
The uncomfortable truth about tech in China
The lack of political and civic freedom is not preventing Chinese firms from producing game-changing IT, Steve Kelman writes. Is it time to rethink our assumptions about innovation?
Acquisition
A new (old) way to fund IT modernization
Steve Kelman suggests that share-in-savings contracting could help agencies solve the funding conundrum and tackle legacy IT.
People
What GS-15s in contracting really think about government acquisition
Steve Kelman sits down with feds in the Harvard Kennedy School's executive education program.
People
Trump's triumph
Steve Kelman suggests the president-elect's brash communication style could prove effective in office as well.
Acquisition
An IT moonshot: Can government IT development come to look like SpaceX?
Steve Kelman outlines the changes needed to truly transform IT acquisition.
Acquisition
A smoking gun for government contracting -- will it be in Trump's crosshairs?
Steve Kelman suggests that satellite launches hold a lesson -- and a warning -- for the future of IT acquisition.
People
Procurement policy and the transition sweepstakes
While would-be Trump officials are lobbying for jobs, Steve Kelman makes the case for some fundamental policy priorities.
People
Will Trump make acquisition great again?
Steve Kelman sees signs for optimism in some of the president-elect's pronouncements.
Acquisition
Donald Trump and federal procurement: Who woulda thunk it?
Steve Kelman notes that acquisition issues have surfaced twice already for the next administration.
Digital Government
An eye-opening visit to a citizen service center in China
It's easy to assume the United States is leading the way on digitally serving the citizen. Steve Kelman argues that confidence is misplaced.
Acquisition
Chatting with contractors at the Coalition for Government Procurement
Steve Kelman takes the pulse of vendors who focus on the public sector.
People
Donald Trump's management agenda?
Steve Kelman looks for clues (and raises concerns) about how the next administration might run.
Digital Government
What Dorothy's ruby slippers say about government management
Steve Kelman argues that the Smithsonian's proposed $300,000 restoration of the shoes Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" reflects the same mentality that produces over-engineered government IT projects.
People
Analysis paralysis in government?
Finding a balance between studying a problem to death and taking swift action can be tricky, but there are signs that federal managers are trying to address the challenge.
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