Fostering growth and productivity through innovation, change and IT
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In 2000, IBM entered a new decade anticipating several strategic shifts. We were convinced that the world was changing and...
The “third platform” and its impact on shared services
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We are rethinking how IT serves government – shared services, increased responsibilities for the CIO, and leveraging transformative technologies to...
The (lost?) art of reading fiction
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Do we read books anymore? Travel on airplanes or trains these days and the evidence is mixed. While books are...
Risk management evaluation and the doomed-for-failure project
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We all know the story, the one about the high-risk project that gets added to your task list.
SIBs are no easy sell
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On March 29th, the federal government brought down one of the most anticipated budgets in recent years.
Evaluating the risk factor
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How do you know what you don't know? How do you get vendors to tell you about potential problems with...
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.