EGovernment Fellows Program: The Council For Excellence In Government

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E-Government Fellows ProgramThe Council For
Excellence In Government

• dg.o2001
• May 22, 2001

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CEGs vision Transformation not just
automation

• Developing leaders in the adoption of emerging IT
  as critical enablers of agency missions
• Developing learners committed to increasing
  knowledge and application of IT

• Developing innovators to engage citizens and
  deliver services in entirely new ways

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E-Gov fellows class objectives Gaining knowledge
in

• leadership
• teaming/collaboration
• change management
• future trends
• security, privacy, accessibility

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Where do we come from?

• EPA
• State of MD
• U.S. Coast Guard
• USGS
• IRS
• USDA
• NIMA
• NIST
• U.S. Army

• GSA
• DHHS ACF
• NSA
• SSA
• PBGC
• FERC
• NASA
• DOD
• CDC

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E-gov fellows professional expertise in

• electronic signatures and authentication
• intelligent agent technology
• database network technologies
• GIS
• client/server apps
• web business
• IT integration

• linguistics
• web marketing
• GILS
• change management
• financial management
• knowledge systems
• IT management
• portals and search technologies

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How do we operate?

• remain in home agencies
• come together a few days every few weeks for
  discussions benchmarking best practices
  supplemented with
• on-line collaboration while at home agencies

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How do we learn what has worked and been
transforming?

• visits and case studies with agencies, academe,
  private sector, non-profits and through
• results projects undertaken by all fellows

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Looking for learning opportunities in

• leadership in e-government
• change management
• application of transforming technologies
• successful cross agency collaboration in
  e-government
• tracking of future trends in technologies for
  e-government

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E-gov leadership challenges How to

• design a networked government
• manage a networked government
• govern a connected society
• govern an informed society
• develop on-line relationships with citizens
• achieve a level of exceptional service Jeffrey
  Lasky, IT Lab, RIT

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Blue Sky How might we meet these future
challenges?

• cadre of e-gov specialists available for
  catalyst assignments on cross agency
  initiatives
• new government entity offering e-gov consulting
  services through specially trained change
  agents
• e-gov incubation agencies
• other models?