Innovation in Government
Steven VanRoekel
United 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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Government Innovation
1. It’s all about culture
2. All hands on deck
3. Break entropy and focus on
continuous improvement
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Culture
• 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
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People
• All hands on deck
• Customer-centric
• Balance your efforts between
“inspire” and “push” – Give your
people permission to innovate,
take risks
• Private sector engagement
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Break the Entropy
• Don’t let sunk costs or sunk culture
define your forward path
• Focus on continuous improvement
• Focus on your customer
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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 You
Steven VanRoekel
United States Chief Information Officer
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