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OMB finally details broad management doctrine
Fiscal 2011 budget provides look into how agencies will be expected to improve program departmentwide and governmentwide. The administration calls for bureau levels goals, a new performance portal and problem solving networks. Experts praise White House approach to addressing management issues.
Tags: mngt , OMB , White House , Robert Shea , Jonathan Breul , Robert Tobias , Grant Thornton , IBM , Management agenda , 2011 budget request , program evaluation , Performance metrics , budget
Transparency, two-months and counting
Pressing the Obama White House on accountability and openness
Tags: mngt , stimulus , transparency , SIGTARP , Danielle Brian , Gary Bass , Project for Government Oversight , OMB Watch ,
What's next for Open Government Initiative
The plethora of new, previously unavailable datasets blossoming on federal agency websites following a deadline last Friday are just the most recent manifestation of the Open Government Initiative. Recently, a panel of experts sat down at the American University's Washington College of Law to explore the OGI as part of the Obama Administration's push for more transparency and openness. They discussed where agencies go from here towards an April deadline set by the White House.
Tags: newsstand , Open Government Directive , Alex Hunt , Office of Management and Budget , Sean Moulton , OMB Watch , Washington College of Law , Collaboration on Government Secrecy , Max Cacas
Transparency grades clearly lacking
"Transparency" and "openness" have been two of the hallmarks of the Obama White House. But one year after the Inauguration, how is the administration doing in fulfilling the promise of a more open government? Surprising analysis from representatives of some Washington-based good government groups during a conference at the American University.
Tags: newsstand , Freedom of Information Act , Robynn Sturm , Lucy Dalglish , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press , David Sobel , Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thomas Fitton , Judicial Watch , Washington College of Law , Collaboration on Government Secrecy , Max Cacas
Analysis: "Greening of Government" survey
American University Director of Sustainability Chris O'Brien analyzes the Federal News Radio "Greening the Government" survey.
Tags: Chris O'Brien , Greening of Government: buildings , green government , Francis Rose , In Depth
Transparency Conference
Tags: Bush Administration , Government Transparency , Federal Drive
Column: The green office castle
Chris O'Brien is the director of sustainability at American University in Washington. He offers some advice for federal workers who want to green their offices. O'Brien said to go easy dishing out the guilt and instead serve up solutions that make work easier and more efficient, and heap the praise on everyone who helps.
Tags: green government , Greening of Government: buildings , Chris O'Brien
Budgets could sap federal leadership development
Budget cuts could undermine leadership development in the federal government, observers say. Federal News Radio's Francis Rose spoke with American University's Robert Tobias about managers who say they have less time to participate in leadership development activities.
Tags: management , Robert Tobias , leadership , In Depth , Francis Rose ,
Report: Universities drive D.C. region's growth
The Washington region's colleges and universities will be a catalyst for the District of Columbia's economic growth over the next decade as the federal government downsizes, a change that should give the institutions more lobbying power, a new report says.
Tags: Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro , Steven Fuller , George Mason University , Georgetown University
Suspect in AU prof murder indicted on car charge
Deandrew Hamlin has been indicted in the District, and no longer faces a charge in Montgomery County.
Tags: Sue Ann Marcum , Deandrew Hamlin , Bethesda , Neal;Augenstein
