Innovation in Government

Steven VanRoekelUnited States Chief Information Officer

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CONGRATULATIONS

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Since We Last Met

• Acting Deputy Director for Management• Initiation of the President’s Second Term

Management Agenda• Government Shut Down• Government Opened Up• Fiscal planning• Beth Cobert confirmed as DDM

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Steve’s Secret to Innovating in Government

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1. It’s all about culture

2. All hands on deck

3. Break entropy and focus on continuous improvement

Government Innovation

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• Steady the ship

• “To Do More, You Must Spend More”

• Fail fast versus Fail big

• Accept, embrace weaknesses

• Don’t drive tactics in search of strategies

Culture

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• All hands on deck

• Customer-centric

• Balance your efforts between “inspire” and “push” – Give your people permission to innovate, take risks

• Private sector engagement

People

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• Don’t let sunk costs or sunk culture define your forward path

• Focus on continuous improvement

• Focus on your customer

Break the Entropy

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The Bottom Line on Innovation

Our time is now and we are the people to drive innovation for the American People

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Thank YouSteven VanRoekel

United States Chief Information Officer

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