In a recent meeting sponsored by the CGI-GMU Initiative for Collaborative Government, a joint public policy initiative by CGI (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) and George Mason University (GMU), senior executives from across the federal government and industry leaders recommended steps that the next administration can take to improve government operations by effectively managing collaboration with multiple service providers.
To kick-off the meeting, featured guest speaker Linda Cohen, Vice-President, Gartner Research and author of the book “Multisourcing: Moving Beyond Outsourcing to Achieve Growth and Agility,” gave a presentation on approaches for governing and managing multiple service providers. Following Ms. Cohen, Patrick Pizzella, Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Labor and Luis Luna, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, led a panel discussion on navigating the practical challenges of working with multiple service providers in the federal government context.
Government executives at the CGI-GMU seminar discussed key success factors for managing multiple service providers, and recommended that if there was one action that agencies should take prior to the new Administration coming in, it would be to document their service provider strategy so that they are prepared both to describe their sourcing game plan, and to explain the reasons for their decisions on how they operate. Executives in attendance also expressed concern that laws and policies have institutionalized the separation of management functions such as financial management, acquisition, human capital and information technology, making it difficult to manage across functions to achieve cohesive results.
“If there is one thing I would recommend to the next Administration, it is to figure out how to pull these functions back together again to achieve improved results and accountability,” said Luna. Pizzella also noted that agencies have benefited from the clarity of purpose established by the Bush Administration’s President’s Management Agenda, and encouraged a new Administration to establish its own specific management agenda that aligns with its priorities, to provide a rallying point for management collaboration.
About the CGI-GMU Initiative for Collaborative Government
Created in January of 2008 by CGI Federal and George Mason University, the mission of the CGI-GMU Initiative for Collaborative Government is to analyze models of collaboration between government and the private and non-profit sectors, and how the government can best leverage these models to maximize mission results. For more information about the Initiative for Collaborative Government, please visit the Initiative at www.collaborativegov.org.
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