Continental security and Canadian secrecy
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In February, President Obama and Prime Minister Harper announced the formation of a bilateral working group to explore ways to...
The gift of good governance
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It is unlikely that any international affairs expert could have predicted that the striking of a college educated cart vendor...
What’s UP? How unsolicited proposal policies can benefit your agency
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With few exceptions, public spending rightfully requires competition and due diligence to ensure fairness. We are not allowed to be...
Stopping the post-award freedom of information dance
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We all know the music and the steps that go with it. A large dollar, high profile contract is awarded.
Taming white elephants: A strategy for introducing learning technologies
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Did you know that a lot of white elephants roam the halls of our organizations? In fact, you may have...
Negotiated procurements: An alternative to high-risk, mediocre proposals
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Procurement today is often like buying horses from Thomas Hobson in Cambridge England during the 1600s: you took the horse...
UK: Still driving service delivery change
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The U.K. Big Society project includes the reform of government service delivery. As promised, the government has released a 2012...
The cost of the lack of trust
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A few years ago, my colleague Paul Crookall and I wrote a report examining social media and its impact on...
Mistaking advocacy for lobbying
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One of the unfortunate developments in the last few years has been the labelling of business associations as “lobbyists” –...
Solving fiscal issues without reinventing the wheel
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Don't pay for what you can get for free. We've heard this old adage for years from generations of thrifty...