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NCMA GOVERNMENT
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
The National
Contract Management Association will be conducting its 25th annual
government contracting conference at Tysons Corner (Virginia) on
December 4 and 5. The keynote presenters are Lurita Doan, GSA
Administrator, and Paul Denett, Admistrator of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy (OMB). General session panels will include:
- Inter-Agency
Contracting
- Section 1423 Panel
Final Report (on recommendations for improvements to acquisition laws
and policies)
- Blended Workforce
and Other Workforce Issues.
There will also be a
variety of breakout sessions, ranging from Earned Value Management to
Domestic Emergency Contracting. More information is available at
http://www.ncmahq.org/meetings/GCC06/.
FIXING KNOWLEDGE
AND COMMUNICATION GAPS
One
of the most widespread problems we observe in many Federal departments
is the fragmentation of knowledge about IT management processes.
Hard-working line-managers and IT project managers who are down in the
trenches of the organization often don't have a clue about the
enterprise's business strategy, Enterprise Architecture, IT
decision-making processes, or best practices.
Sometimes
when I inquire why they don't simply ask the "go to" person in the
enterprise (security, EA, CPIC, whatever), they look at me like I have
asked them to hike across the Gobi Desert. Yet, when I talk with
the "go to" managers in charge of these functions, these experts
typically talk about their extensive efforts to "get the word out"
about their vision, performance goals, and process requirements. So
often, these different stakeholders seem like ships passing in the
night, unaware of each other or the failure to communicate.
The good news is that the
problem can readily be solved. Knowledge management and communication
solutions exist, and the first step is to get enterprise-wide
commitment to improve the processes. The P2C2 Group can get you moving
with a roadmap and implementation support.
LINK OF THE MONTH:
THE SCIENCE OF CHANGE
Nothing
is more frustrating than trying to get people to alter the way they do
things. New research reveals why it's so hard and suggests strategies
to make it easier. Find out more in CIO magazine (9/15/06):
http://www.cio.com/archive/091506/change.html
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