Digital Government

CitizenScience.gov: Not your grandfather's GSA

Steve Kelman checks in on the bootstrap effort to better crowdsource government research.

Acquisition

A pivot to post-award

What contracting officer representatives really think is needed to fix contract management.

People

Management 101: It really does work

Steve Kelman spotlights new research that shows several "best practices" do indeed measurably improve organizational performance.

Acquisition

What getting to agile looks like from the trenches

Steve Kelman talks to a longtime contracting officer about the realities of making agile work for an agency.

Acquisition

How to approach post-award management of agile contracts

Steve Kelman talks with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services CIO Mark Schwartz about the practical matters of past performance evaluations and continued discourse.

People

Bad performance metrics revisited

Steve Kelman explores what it takes to make sure managers are measuring the right things.

Acquisition

Contracting for agile

Steve Kelman digs into just what's required by the FAR, and finds it's remarkably agile-friendly.

Digital Government

Crowdsourcing: the democratization of organizational production

Steve Kelman argues there's more than just cost-benefit analysis behind the growing use of ground-up knowledge sharing.

People

New technologies for knowledge sharing

Steve Kelman looks at the potential -- and limitations -- of the "social intranet."

Digital Government

Tech startups with Chinese characteristics

Steve Kelman travels to China, and finds a different twist on incubators and innovation.

Digital Government

'The best leaders allow themselves to be persuaded'

Steve Kelman notes that a critical leadership trait is far harder than it sounds.

Digital Government

What’s happening in agile

Steve Kelman checks in with a CIO who champions "continuous delivery" about what it means for government software development.

Acquisition

Me and Donald Trump

Steve Kelman believes a 2014 note from Donald Trump points to the potential for an outbreak of civility on the part of the Republican frontrunner.

People

Don't hesitate to ask for advice!

Steve Kelman spotlights new research that shows why seeking colleagues' help makes everyone involved look better.

Acquisition

Is past performance working better than we thought?

Steve Kelman notes that just the threat of low marks may be incentive enough.

Acquisition

The big shift: When civil servants move to the other side

Steve Kelman looks at what happens when long-time civil servants transition from government to industry.

People

Talk about an easy way to improve your organization’s performance!

Steve Kelman details a recent experiment "whose results should be of interest to every federal manager."

Digital Government

A very different U.S.-China discussion

Steve Kelman reflects on his latest meeting with Chinese college students -- after a year-long hiatus, and in decidedly different times.

Digital Government

The performance measures that managers hate

For metric-based management, Steve Kelman argues, it's important that the measures not be specified from on high.