People
Own a Picasso for $150 -- another interesting public-private partnership
Steve Kelman looks to Paris for a creative way to fund efforts that government alone cannot afford.
Digital Government
The Air Force launches a 'collaboratory'
New website shows how agencies can find creative ways to serve multiple missions.
Digital Government
Meeting again with Chinese students in Boston
From cybersecurity to Edward Snowden, Steve Kelman finds interesting patterns in visiting students' knowledge of the United States.
Digital Government
Should Steve Kelman stay quiet on reverse auctions?
Readers accuse FCW's ivory-tower blogger of having a conflict of interest that simple disclosure doesn't overcome.
Digital Government
China vignettes: Techies in politics, Starbucks saturation and panda porn
Steve Kelman reports on the media, food and more from his latest trip to China
Digital Government
Hopes and fears: China edition
Steve Kelman finds that Chinese students have hopes that would sound familiar, but fears that are much less so.
People
In Memoriam: Richard Hackman, a scholar who cared about government
Steve Kelman's tribute to a professor in Harvard's Psychology Department who pioneered research on managing teams.
Acquisition
A winning idea for innovation
Contests offer an attractive alternative to traditional procurements in some situations, bringing innovative solutions to agencies to attack unusual problems, writes Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Private-sector corporate customers give their IT vendors low marks as strategic partners
The most important practice defining a strategic partner for these CIOs was "joint ventures with shared risk and reward."
Digital Government
Bringing the "book group" idea to the world of charitable giving
A modest proposal that combines the opportunity to give, to learn and to share good times with friends.
People
Contracting professionals need far more than FAR
The Federal Acquisition Regulation is important, but feds shouldn’t forget the management part of ‘contract management,' according to Steve Kelman.
People
Kelman: Changes of mind on the GSA scandal
Steve Kelman gauges how his students felt about the GSA conference spending scandal before and then after taking part of a course on management and leadership.
Digital Government
The GSA scandal as a teaching tool
Steve Kelman adapts a GSA case study in the wake of the agency's spending scandal.
People
Productivity and the placebo effect
Ongoing studies show that a positive mind-set can have a measurable impact on performance, which offers some tantalizing insights for federal managers, writes columnist Steve Kelman.
People
Research just proves the obvious? Not so fast.
Academic research is full of surprises, Steve Kelman maintains, even though many people believe it only shows what's already obvious.
People
Building better jobs for feds
A study from nearly 20 years ago could provide insight into improving the federal work environment, writes Steve Kelman.
Acquisition
Was the GSA scandal really scandalous?
Columnist Steve Kelman wonders whether agencies might be justified in spending money on lavish conferences.
Acquisition
Meeting Joe Jordan
The new OFPP administrator has "a Boy Scoutish enthusiasm for trying to improve things," Steve Kelman writes.
People
Herding the cats: How to lead a cross-organizational team
How can managers get members of a cross-functional to work well together and feel invested in the team effort? The question is not merely academic, writes columnist Steve Kelman.
People
Innovation: Are feds afraid of their own shadows?
Agency performance suffers when employees are too fearful to try new ways of doing things, writes Steve Kelman.
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