Eight Strategies for Transforming GovernmentBased on our recent research and perspectives shared by current and former government, academic, and nonprofit leaders, this special report identifies eight strategies for transforming government in the years to come.Importantly, the areas address both individual trends influencing government, and topics that can be addressed with even greater impact if assessed in a way that integrates across trends—such as driving an agile approach to digital innovation that improves outcomes. This integrative approach is especially true for how different trends relate to equity across government programs and foster trust in government institutions, information, and services—two new areas that government leaders and stakeholders have highlighted as important topics for Center research.IBM Center for The Business of GovernmentCTBG_c0becfe0-8215-11eb-b357-d2f53183ea00Dan ChenokCo-Author | Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government ^^ Dan Chenok is Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. He oversees all of the Center's activities in connecting research to practice to benefit government, and has written and spoken extensively around government technology, cybersecurity, privacy, regulation, budget, acquisition, and Presidential transitions. Mr. Chenok previously led consulting services for Public Sector Technology Strategy, working with IBM government, healthcare, and education clients. ^^ Mr. Chenok serves in numerous industry leadership positions. He is a CIO SAGE and member of the Research Advisory Council with the Partnership for Public Service, Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Member of the Board of Directors for the Senior Executives Association, Member of the Government Accountability Office Polaris Advisory Council for Science and Technology, Member of the American University IT Executive Council, and Mentor with the Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability Fellowship. Previously, he served as Chair of the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) for the government-led American Council for Technology (ACT), Chair of the Cyber Subcommittee of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Chair of the NIST-sponsored Federal Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board, and two-time Cybersecurity commission member with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Chenok also generally advises public sector leaders on a wide range of management issues. Finally, Mr. Chenok serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor with the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin, teaching at the school's Washington, DC Center. ^^ Before joining IBM, Mr. Chenok was a Senior Vice President for Civilian Operations with Pragmatics, and prior to that was a Vice President for Business Solutions and Offerings with SRA International. ^^ As a career Government executive, Mr. Chenok served as Branch Chief for Information Policy and Technology with the Office of Management and Budget, where he led a staff with oversight of federal information and IT policy, including electronic government, computer security, privacy and IT budgeting. Prior to that, he served as Assistant Branch Chief and Desk Officer for Education, Labor, HHS, and related agencies in OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Chenok began his government service as an analyst with the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and left government service at the end of 2003. ^^ In 2008, Mr. Chenok served on President Barack Obama’s transition team as the Government lead for the Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform group, and as a member of the OMB Agency Review Team. ^^ Mr. Chenok has won numerous honors and awards, including a 2010 Federal 100 winner for his work on the presidential transition, the 2016 Eagle Award for Industry Executive of the Year, and the 2002 Federal CIO Council Azimuth Award for Government Executive of the Year. ^^ Mr. Chenok earned a BA from Columbia University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.G. Edward DeSeveCo-Author | Coordinator of the Agile Government Center, National Academy of Public Administration ^^ G. Edward DeSeve is the Coordinator of the Agile Government Center at the National Academy of Public Administration and the Agile Visiting Fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government. ^^ DeSeve has served at all three levels of government and in the private sector. At the federal level, he was a Special Advisor to President Barack Obama charged with implementing the $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He was also Deputy Director for Management and Controller at the Offce of Management and Budget and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. ^^ At the state and local levels he was a Special Assistant to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Director of Finance for the City of Philadelphia. In the private sector, he was a managing director at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and the founder and president of Public Financial Management—the nation’s largest independent financial advisor to government. ^^ He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University a Master of Public Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Margie GravesCo-Author | Visiting Fellow, The IBM Center for The Business of GovernmentMichael J. KeeganCo-Author | Leadership Fellow & Host, IBM Center for The Business of Government ^^ Michael has two decades of experience with both the private and public sectors encompassing strategic planning, business process redesign, strategic communications and marketing, performance management, change management, executive and team coaching, and risk-financing. ^^ Michael leads the IBM Center for The Business of Government's leadership research. As the Center’s Leadership Fellow, his work is at the nexus of the Center’s mission – connecting research to practice. My work at that the Center complements frontline experience of actual government executives with practical insights from thought leaders who produce Center reports – merging real-world experience with practical scholarship. The purpose is not to offer definitive solutions to the many management challenges facing executives, but to provide a resource from which to draw practical, actionable recommendations on how best to confront such issues. Michael also hosts and produces the IBM Center’s The Business of Government Hour. He has interviewed and profiled hundreds of senior government executives from all levels of government as well as recognized thought leaders focusing on a range of public management issues and trends. Over the last four years, Michael has expanded both the show’s format and reach – now broadcasting informational and educational conversations with dedicated public servants on two radio stations five times a week and anywhere at anytime over the web and at iTunes. Michael is also the managing editor of The Business of Government magazine, with a targeted audience of close to 14,000 government and non-government professionals. Additionally, he manages the Center’s bi-annual proposal review process that awards stipends to independent, third party researchers tackling a wide range of public management issues. ^^ Prior to joining the Center, Michael worked as a senior managing consultant with IBM GBS (Global Business Services) and as a principle consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Washington Consulting Practice (WCP). He led projects in the private and federal civilian sectors including the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, FEMA, and the Veterans Health Administration. Before entering consulting, he worked in the private sector as product development manager at a New York City based risk financing firm. ^^ Since 2003, Mr. Keegan has been a reviewer for Association of Government Accountant’s Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR)© program, keeping abreast of the most recent developments in authoritative standards affecting federal accounting, financial reporting and performance measurement. He is also a member of APPAM, the NYU Alumni Association, and the Data Center & Cloud Talent, USA. He holds masters in public administration and management from New York University and was the founder of its DC alumni group as well as previous treasurer of the NYU graduate school’s alumni board.Mark F. NewsomeCo-Author | IBM Center for The Business of Government Healthcare Fellow and IBM Senior Partner - Industry Leader, U.S. Federal Healthcare Consulting ^^ Mark Newsome is the Center's Healthcare Fellow and an IBM Senior Partner, Industry Leader, U.S. Federal Healthcare Consulting. He has an extensive background in health care management, government affairs, and business development. He is a retired Army Medical Service Corps Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with over 25 years of active duty service culminating as Army Medical Congressional Budget Liaison with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, Pentagon. As the primary point of interface to House and Senate Defense and Military Construction (MILCON) Appropriations Committees, Mark held responsibilities for development and execution of comprehensive legislative strategies for over $12 billion in appropriated funding for Army Health Care, Medical Research, Medical Procurement, Wounded Warrior care, and Medical MILCON. His efforts secured increased funding across all portfolios and doubled funding for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.Karin O’LearyCo-Author | Associate Partner, IBM Global Business Services ^^ Karin O'Leary is an Associate Partner with IBM’s Global Business Services, U.S. Federal Team as an industry consultant for Homeland, Justice and Foreign Affairs. Karin is an expert in federal budgeting and financial management, shared services, and change management. She has extensive experience in managing complex organizational change in federal agencies, with over 25 years of government service. In June 2019, Karin was named as a Fellow for The Center for the Business of Government. ^^ Before joining IBM in June 2018, Karin was a career executive in both the Judicial and Executive branches of government. She was the Chief Financial Officer of the Judicial Branch, where she led a team that implemented a single financial and procurement system to over 450 court locations in 3 years and transitioned local disbursing to the U.S. Treasury. Before that, Karin was the Budget Director for the U.S. Department of Justice for nearly a decade, with responsibility for developing, promoting, and executing a budget exceeding $30 billion per year, as well as departmental strategic planning and performance management. Karin also held senior positions at the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, which she helped to establish. She began her federal public service career at the Corporation for National and Community Service and, prior to that, worked at the local level for the Lackawanna County Government in PA.Greater impact from an integrated approach to addressing trends and topics influencing government_93afefda-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea00To identify strategies for transforming government_93aff19c-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea00GovernanceIntegrationTransformationTrustRestore Trust in Government_93aff2c8-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea001EngagementDefine Strategies and Tools to Actively Engage the Public_93aff462-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea001.1The PublicAgilityDrive Agility_93aff57a-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea002MissionsEnhance Mission Support and Delivery_93aff688-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea002.1EquityAddresse Equity_93aff7aa-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea003Services & OperationsUnderstand Distributional Effects of Services and Promote Inclusion and Diversity in Operations_93aff8a4-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea003.1InsightsDevelop Actionable Insights_93aff994-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea004Data & EvidenceUse Data and Evidence to Inform Decision Making and Achieve Results_93affa84-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea004.1OutcomesAttain Effective Outcomes_93affb74-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea005PerformanceSupport Program Performance and Performance Management Strategies_93affc64-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea005.1DigitizationAccelerate Digital_93affd5e-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea006Innovation & ETLeverage Innovation and Emerging Technologies to Modernize IT_93affe4e-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea006.1InstitutionsFoster Resilient Institutions_93afff3e-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea007InstitutionsRisk & ResiliencyManage Risk and Building Resiliency_93b00042-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea007.1WorkplaceReimagine the Government Workplace_93b00146-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea008WorkforcePrepare Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow’s Challenges_93b0033a-52f6-11ed-b4fd-50d42083ea008.1Workforce2022-10-23https://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/eight-strategies-transforming-governmentOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net