Digital Government
A fun party game for the holidays?
"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates contains a number of colloquial phrases that have all but disappeared from the language.
People
Take the pledge: 'I will care about management!'
The president should be more directly involved in key management challenges that have the potential to become public disasters.
People
Take the pledge: 'I will care about management!'
The president should be more directly involved in key management challenges that have the potential to become public disasters.
Acquisition
Reverse auctions grow up
Steve Kelman contends that the recent GAO report shows the practice has truly arrived
Digital Government
A U.S. decline?
Steve Kelman assesses U.S. standing in Asia -- and finds we still have a great deal to lose.
Digital Government
Three more China observations
Back in Shanghai, Steve Kelman reflects on hostility to Japan, a pipeline disaster and how linguistics can shape politics.
Acquisition
IT procurement and HealthCare.gov: Searching for scapegoats?
There are plenty of serious problems with HealthCare.gov, Steve Kelman argues, but the procurement system itself does not appear to be one of them.
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