To reduce project costs, promote jobs and the economy, and expedite the movement of people and goods by accelerating project completion through eliminating delays in the project development and delivery process, including reducing regulatory burdens and improving agencies' work practices.
Ultimately the task of streamlining will need to extend beyond improving agencies as customer service entities and consolidation, and more deeply rethink the basic role of the federal government relative to the rest of society.
It examined the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, and the Obama Administration's Accountable Government Initiative as models of efforts to improve agency performance and accountability.
An interagency group called CoSTEM has been meeting for the last year to envision how to improve agency cooperation on STEM education.
The people best positioned to improve agency performance, at least in principle, are the political appointees the president puts in charge.
Earlier this year, the House passed a bill that, according to its sponsor Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va)., would increase government accountability by requiring "agencies to choose the lowest cost alternatives that meet statutory objectives and improve agency transparency and fact finding".
They'll be all the more motivated to keep up their great work, and you will inspire others in the process by recognizing and showing respect for those who have contributed creative ideas and improved agency performance.
Even better, Web 2.0 data visualization tools to interpreting data using striking graphic displays plus collaboration tools such as wikis could improve agency decision-making by encouraging collaborative analysis among many users.
Speakers at the hearing focused on the lack of a national broadband public safety network, noting that some cities, including New York, Washington and Philadelphia, had improved agencies' ability to talk to one another on their local networks, while others had lagged behind.
New data and models offer opportunities to understand the agricultural effects of ENSO events, to reach early consensus on coming ENSO effects, and to use forecasting to improve agencies' and individuals' capacity to mitigate climate effects on food security.
