Mikey, I agree with most of this post about NYC in the context of previous tech reform efforts. What federal tech strategies will Searchlight’s propose for 2029?
Looking at the article, I love the emphasis on thinking big, but does it accommodate thinking boring and (very) long term? Removing constraints imposed by an existing paradigm requires an attention to detail on the arcane minutia of legislation.
Lacking a focus on legislation, the #1 Leverage Point for Change by Meadows: "The mindset or paradigm out of which the system — its goals, power structure, rules, its culture — arises" will forever be out of reach.
The best example of Obama Era legislation that changed IT paradigms was the 2014 overhaul of FISMA - the federal government's legal language on risk management for IT. That overhaul gave authority to CIOs to manage risk and expedite adoption of emerging technology. It directly led to FedRAMP and government wide adoption of cloud services.
To enable that paradigm, the law downgraded/constrained the role of OIG auditors to impose paper policy driven compliance regimes that bogged down agency modernization efforts.
The Trump administration has taken on the challenge of updating the FAR. Jen Pahlka - seemingly as a one person force of nature - has been trying to update OIRA's practices with the PRA. I hope both efforts - which lack the glamour of websites or apps - succeed in changing paradigms as did the 2014 FISMA overhaul.
It would be interesting to hear from Mickey in the future on the differences in legislative constraints on IT imposed in NYC verse those imposed by the federal government.
Mikey, I agree with most of this post about NYC in the context of previous tech reform efforts. What federal tech strategies will Searchlight’s propose for 2029?
More to come on that front!
What are you waiting for?
Looking at the article, I love the emphasis on thinking big, but does it accommodate thinking boring and (very) long term? Removing constraints imposed by an existing paradigm requires an attention to detail on the arcane minutia of legislation.
Lacking a focus on legislation, the #1 Leverage Point for Change by Meadows: "The mindset or paradigm out of which the system — its goals, power structure, rules, its culture — arises" will forever be out of reach.
The best example of Obama Era legislation that changed IT paradigms was the 2014 overhaul of FISMA - the federal government's legal language on risk management for IT. That overhaul gave authority to CIOs to manage risk and expedite adoption of emerging technology. It directly led to FedRAMP and government wide adoption of cloud services.
To enable that paradigm, the law downgraded/constrained the role of OIG auditors to impose paper policy driven compliance regimes that bogged down agency modernization efforts.
The Trump administration has taken on the challenge of updating the FAR. Jen Pahlka - seemingly as a one person force of nature - has been trying to update OIRA's practices with the PRA. I hope both efforts - which lack the glamour of websites or apps - succeed in changing paradigms as did the 2014 FISMA overhaul.
It would be interesting to hear from Mickey in the future on the differences in legislative constraints on IT imposed in NYC verse those imposed by the federal government.
And the new strategy is?