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KC Federal Executive Board director presents at IA Brown-Bag Lecture

Posted: November 26, 2019 by the The Simons Center

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, the executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), spoke about the many, many programs of the Greater Kansas City FEB during the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture conducted Nov. 26, 2019, in the Lewis and Clark Center’s Arnold Conference Room. Hisle briefly touched on the FEB’s history before diving into it’s […]

Senior Executive Service reform needed

Posted: May 23, 2017 by the The Simons Center

The National Academy of Public Administration recently published a book concerning the role of the Senior Executive Service (SES) nearly forty years after the SES was created. Building a 21st Century Senior Executive Service is the result of a November 2014 Brookings Institution summit that focused on modernizing the SES. The book is a collection of perspectives on […]

World Humanitarian Summit draws thousands

Posted: May 27, 2016 by the The Simons Center

On May 23 and 24, 9,000 government, private sector, and civil society representatives gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for the World Humanitarian Summit. Participants included representatives from 173 United Nations (UN) member states and 55 heads of state and government, as well as thousands from the private sector, civil society, and non-governmental organizations. With an estimated […]

Johnson welcomes new members to HSAC

Posted: January 28, 2016 by the The Simons Center

Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson met with the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) where he spoke about various homeland security issues and announced the appointment of two new members to the HSAC. In his remarks, Johnson spoke about the future of the department as his time as Secretary draws to a […]

New members appointed to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Posted: May 26, 2015 by the The Simons Center

On May 7, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the appointment of four new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council…

CSIS report provides recommendations on cyber threat information sharing

Posted: March 12, 2015 by the The Simons Center

In early March, the Center for Strategic & International Studies published a report outlining their recommendations to Congress in regard to cyber threat information sharing between the government and the private sector…

Report calls for more effective government

Posted: August 12, 2013 by the The Simons Center

The Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton recently released Building the Enterprise: Nine Strategies for a More Integrated, Effective Government, a new report designed to assist the Obama administration’s efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal government…

Interagency leaders needed in government

Posted: June 6, 2013 by the The Simons Center

In a recent Excellence in Government podcast, Admiral Thad Allen, former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and Ron Sanders, formerly of the U.S. Intelligence Community, spoke about the need for “enterprise leaders” in government…

New directive addresses critical infrastructure security

Posted: March 19, 2013 by the The Simons Center

In February 2013, the White House released the Presidential Policy Directive on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, which promotes unity of effort to strengthen and maintain secure and resilient critical infrastructure, and tasks government entities with securing critical infrastructure…

White House releases executive order for improving cybersecurity

Posted: February 27, 2013 by the The Simons Center

On February 12, the Obama Administration released their Executive Order for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity…

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KC Federal Executive Board director presents at IA Brown-Bag Lecture

Senior Executive Service reform needed

World Humanitarian Summit draws thousands

Johnson welcomes new members to HSAC

New members appointed to Homeland Security Advisory Council

CSIS report provides recommendations on cyber threat information sharing

Report calls for more effective government

Interagency leaders needed in government

New directive addresses critical infrastructure security

White House releases executive order for improving cybersecurity

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