Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Now that Congress is back from August recess, it is racing around the clock to fund the federal government for the next fiscal year, which starts on Oct. When annual funding bills aren’t passed through the appropriations process, the government shuts down. 30 to keep the government funded and fully open for business.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In this podcast we do deep dive into the legislative process of the Congress of the United States. The role of committee chairpersons and their staff is explored, along with the way in which bills are introduced in Congress and move through the legislative process. The importance of the Budget and Rules Committees is also highlighted.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To minimize the risk of dangerous IT-related interruptions to operations, the European Union (EU) introduced new cybersecurity legislation NIS 2 Directive in 2023. The legislation is planned to be enacted in Germany, which already has strict regulatory standards for clinics with 30,000 inpatient cases per year or more than 50 employees.

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 24, 2024

We get a great deal of information from the Internet for our work, and there’s little question that the easy access to tons of reports, studies, surveys, legislation, audits, budgets, meeting minutes, essays, graphs, etc., has revolutionized research and reporting on all fronts, not just state and local government.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As federal agencies grapple with aging IT infrastructure and mounting cybersecurity challenges, the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act represents a critical lifeline for technological advancement in the government sector. The Modernization Act will reauthorize the TMF but with a few new provisions.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

OCTOBER 10, 2021

New Mexico state government is a leader in the use of evidence, lead by its Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) that has been a catalyst for evidence-based budgeting , including through its participation in the Pew MacArthur Results First Initiative.

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GovPilot

JULY 20, 2023

billion budget just in time for the new 2023-24 fiscal year. The legislation is set to allocate billions of dollars towards broadband internet investment, social services improvements, and beyond. On June 27th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 101 into law, passing the $310.8

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GovLoop

APRIL 1, 2024

Government is under pressure to update its legacy technology systems. Modernization is crucial for agencies to stay agile, secure, and responsive to evolving needs,” said Francisco Ramirez, Chief Architect of State and Local Government at Red Hat. Getting there, however, has often proven problematic. Then there’s complexity.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When deployed successfully as a formal part of the federal planning and budgeting process, ERM can help agencies identify, prioritize and respond to risks, often leading to more informed decisions and increased programmatic success. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach.

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 3, 2024

But over the years we’ve been collecting a series of mantras about the alleged reality of state and local government that don’t necessarily work in the real world. Here are our top twelve.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

Discussions about the value of an enterprise approach to data governance often miss an important point: The difference it actually makes to anyone outside the IT department or the chief data officer’s (CDO) team. If faced with skeptical leaders or legislators, you won’t win them over by talking data standards and policies.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 11, 2023

In fact, many of us who study state budgeting annually observe budget processes that lead to (largely) fiscally responsible decision-making and do not require high stakes hostage taking to get there. ​ The most obvious place to begin is that almost all states have some sort of statutory or constitutional balanced budget requirement.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. About Shelley Finlayson : Ms. Early in her tenure at OGE, Ms. Guest: Shelley Finlayson (U.S.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. About Shelley Finlayson : Ms. Early in her tenure at OGE, Ms. Guest: Shelley Finlayson (U.S.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. Shelley Finlayson on the topic of why the Office of Government Ethics was created. “

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GovLoop

APRIL 18, 2024

Modernization can be a game-changer for both sectors, but in government, it can be uniquely difficult. For example, a system upgrade can slow employees’ computers if they’re dated and need reconfiguring and budget constraints have prevented an agency from replacing older equipment. Government employees are people, too,” she said.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

That’s because both are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The GSE Background Over a century ago, Congress began creating public-private hybrid corporations known as government-sponsored enterprises. government, allowing them to borrow at near-Treasury rates, lower than any regular private sector company or bank could.

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GovLoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Cobol is Still in Play Some government agencies still run programs based on COBOL, a programming language dating to the 1950s. It is more important than ever that the SSI program is modernized and accessible to all Americans,” the legislators wrote. This is called technical debt.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“If you improve the user experience internally, it also enhances the user experience externally for customers,” according to Shonte Eldridge, Senior Director of State and Local Government Strategy and Solutions at DocuSign. Imagine a budgeting request. Contracts may also need to be updated to conform with new legislation or policy.

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The Lowe Down

JUNE 8, 2023

Article by Armine Kardashyan and Weston Crewe Days before the US was expected to have its first ever default, Congressional Republicans and the White House negotiated a deal that lifted the debt ceiling and cut government spending. Every year, the CBO publishes a forecast of the expected path of the budget deficit over the next ten years.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 11, 2022

Regardless, State/City/County CIOs and CISOs have the task to protect and govern this data throughout its lifecycle no matter where the data resides. Budgets and personnel resources are not easy to come by for mitigation efforts; thus, one avenue worth exploring is simplification and unification of data governance.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 4, 2023

1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for the federal government. However, Congress has yet again missed the deadline to pass any of the spending bills that set the overall annual budget for most federal agencies and determine which new or existing programs get funded.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It might not surprise you to learn that there’s a lot of bureaucracy in government. For Bill Zielinski, CIO for the city of Dallas, the impact of the federal budget process on the ability of an organization to deliver services was most confounding. Another consequence of the legislative process is the possibility of shutdowns.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the recent change in government, the Labour Party faces significant challenges in shaping the future of the UK. As Labour’s campaign was built on promises of transformation after 14 years of Conservative governance, the party has acknowledged the growing risks of cyberattacks in its manifesto.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 4, 2022

Government services have lagged behind retail, but constituent expectations haven’t. One [city] had developed a very specific IT application as a homegrown solution to an issue,” explained Lata Grover, who, as Senior Advisory Strategist at ServiceNow, works with state and local governments. Address budgeting silos.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Federal employees are the engine of government, so preventing unwanted staff attrition should be a priority for agency leaders. While agencies play a key role in retaining their employees, Congress has the unique ability to pass legislation and provide oversight to foster retention.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 21, 2024

At the 2024 California CIO Academy conference, state and local leaders from California agencies came together to share best practices for understanding and integrating emerging technology into government services. Modernization is a big initiative, but manual app testing is always the bottleneck,” Wiri said.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 8, 2023

Government Accountability Office and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, auditors must be independent and have the ability to obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to achieve audit objectives. Kaschak, New Jersey State Auditor Tina Kim, New York Deputy Comptroller for State Government Accountability Beth A.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Case studies We have published seven micro case studies that examine how federal, state and local government agencies work to implement these laws.

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 6, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic revealed long-standing systemic challenges facing state unemployment insurance (UI) programs, UI technology reform has become a priority for both state workforce agencies and the federal government.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Future Is Bright Pandemic-era funding helped set up the system, Sanders explained, but the program also got a vote of confidence in Ohio’s most recent biennium budget, when state legislators approved funds to continue providing devices. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 23, 2023

With a budget due shortly, the Governor’s Office and State Legislature are likely debating the best approach for spurring office-to-residential conversions while ensuring the inclusion of affordable housing. Depending on legislation, they also include those built before a certain year.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

It can be seen in various levels of government, where citizens have multiple access points to influence policymakers and politicians, who then implement decisions. One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative.

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GovLoop

MARCH 21, 2023

But while the problems might be similar, the solution depends on the specific priorities of a given agency, factoring in both their requirements and their budgets, said Arno Bergstrom, Vice President of CounterTrade Products, a technology solutions provider and certified woman-owned small business.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

It is considered one of America’s government- sponsored enterprises (GSEs), i.e., public-private hybrid corporations created by Congress and authorized to engage only in a narrowly-tailored set of activities. trillion of assets) and are the most well-known and studied GSEs. 6 This was totally inconsistent with the original design.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Vacant properties are, by and large, a local government issue, and urban and rural local governments are fundamentally different in size. Many rural communities lack budgets, expertise, community groups, and other resources to address rural vacancy.

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