Posted by: Camille Auspitz
in MyBlog on Sep 09, 2009
A jam-packed program of more than two-dozen, 5-minute presentations in five categories made for a potentially mind numbing day. Yet the Gov2.0 Expo Showcase, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC yesterday, was full of poignant, powerful and pithy examples of successful web 2.0 initiatives happening throughout federal, state and local governments.
Posted by: Brad King
in PPP on Jul 17, 2009
My colleagues have given me some flak over the fact that many of the visitors to this site will have no idea what "PPP" is in the set of topic selections that you see at the head of this portal. It's true, not too many people in the US Federal government circles are talking about Public Private Partnership these days. I think we should be talking more about this. In fact, I don't think many of the most important issues of our day can be addressed in the absence of rigorous application of global best practices in Public Private Partnership.
Posted by: Camille Auspitz
in MyBlog on Jul 01, 2009
Welcome to Government Futures! An online community–moving ideas between government and the private sector.
Join the conversation.
To get ideas moving, several bloggers have posted new content and will continue to do so. We have also brought over all the thought provoking ideas from the original Government Futures site.
I hope you will join our community–together we will create a diverse and energized online community that is passionate about innovation and excellence in public service.
Posted by: Kathleen Heuer
in MyBlog on Jul 01, 2009
Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research – Where this will lead us in terms of better patient outcomes and more effective financial investments
- Kathleen Heuer, Executive Consultant, McConnell International
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). The Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (the Council) has been established to foster optimum coordination of CER conducted or sponsored by Federal departments and agencies. The Council’s report to the President and Congress was published on June 29, 2009. The new tag line for CER is Patient-Centered Research, which is a derivation from positions expressed by the Director of OMB Peter Orszag, who refers to patient-centered health research, and Senator Baucus, who refers to patient-centered outcomes research.
It’s still uncertain when Congress will finish the work on the remaining FY 2009 Appropriations Bills which are needed to fund much of the Federal Government beyond March 6, when the current Continuing Resolution expires. Only three FY 2009 Appropriations Bills were completed and signed into law in 2008 — Defense, Military Construction-VA and Homeland Security. Before Congress adjourned for the year, it passed a stop-gap Continuing Resolution to fund the rest of the Federal agencies in the nine remaining Appropriations Bills. The CR expires March 6.
