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Modernizing government IT: 4 approaches to overcome legacy exit challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. These systems also became integral to managing aspects such as business processes, security protocols, and legislative changes, often without comprehensive documentation. billion) of its current IT spending.

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How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation

Partnership for Public Service

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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Knowing When, Where and How to Modernize

GovLoop

Department of Energy’s Offices of the CFO A leadership expert once said , “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” 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.

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Reflection on public service leadership in the new year

Partnership for Public Service

I had an opportunity to do just that and recall the recent 2022 Government Changemakers Summit , one of the premier leadership development and policy convenings. It also provided attendees with the time and space to reflect on the core aspects—and impact—of effective public service leadership. What’s at stake?

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. the legislation establishing them). mortgage originations. This was all laid out by Congress in their charters (i.e.

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Retaining Generation X and Generation Z federal employees: Three ways Congress can help

Partnership for Public Service

Specifically, we considered Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980)—which is the future of federal senior leadership—and Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012)—which represents the future of the federal workforce. Below are a few ideas for how Congress can help retain these two essential generations.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. The Height Limit discussions. I won't go into it, because it has been discussed elsewhere. Other gaps in the planning process.