Can Government Execute with Private Sector Effectiveness?
To get effective, efficient government we must improve the capability and capacity of government information technology teams at every level of government.
ACA Exchange = Shiny New Car Paint But There’s No Engine
The mainstream media is still reporting the Affordable Health Care (ACA) Exchange Website is not working well. A website is like the shiny bright paint job on a new car on the showroom floor. The paint attracts the buyer’s attention but it doesn’t drive the car. OMG, beyond the shiny green paint – there isn’t even a complete design of the car
President Obama and the Affordable Care Act Fumble
There is a troubling juxtaposition between the President pictured in the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid and the absence of any evidence the President and his health care policy and technology team ever conducted an ACA milestone review. In the former, the President had no control over the roll-out and the latter he had absolute control of the roll-out
ACA Exchange Debacle Demands Government Reform Technology Procurement
The purpose of the ACA Exchange is simple. Help Americans shop for health insurance. But spending $450 million dollars on an e-commerce application.reaches the level of criminality when the website does not even work! Out of ACA debacle must come a 21st century approach to government technology acquisition.
No 21st Century American Vision – No Goals, No Plan = No Budget
As a result - no vision, no goals, no plan = no budget. That is why we have seen Continuing Resolution after Continuing Resolution to “fund the government” without asking the question are we funding the right priorities, at the right level with the right resources? Unless we arrive at an adequate answer to that question, it is a sure prescription for national bankruptcy!
Are There Any Adults In Washington DC?
I find it genuinely shocking that the President of the United States merely stood by and watched the Congress play a week long legislative game of “whackamoo”. This is the end of government of the people, by the people and FOR the people. Instead we have a perpetual campaign were the power of the political party is the basis of legitimacy – rather than power derived from the governed.
Realistic 21st Century Transit Plan Must Include Urban Monorail
One hour to travel 5 miles? Yes, that’s what it takes during the typical rush hour gridlock on the surface streets or the freeways of Silicon Valley. That forecast is dead wrong. If urban planners cannot overcome the gridlock on our streets and highways, the Innovation Economy will relocate rather than accommodate.
After Prop 30 – The Joke Is On California Parents & Students
The State Legislature and the Governor have banded together to do a favor for the California Teachers Association (CTA). The Governor is expected to sign legislation that would end student performance testing - no academic achievement testing (API) and no school performance evaluations.
Publicly Accessible Transit Anchors Any Climate Control Strategy
most of us hate the gridlocked traffic that defines our daily lives. More people would happily park their cars if public transit were more accessible. Access means easy to use – close to home and destination, affordable, and on a continuous loop rather than on a time-consuming schedule.
Urban Planning Can Clean Soot Out of Environment
“rush hour” extend right into the “lunch rush”? Just the other day as idled through several lights before being able to turn from one gridlocked street onto another, I had a vision of a different kind of American city - a city a little more like Down Town Disney than Los Angeles. A walkable city is not just the product of my imagination. It is the latest fashion in urban planning – the urban village.