Federal Government Insights

Presidential Executive Order 13800: Strengthening Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical InfrastructurePerspectives on implementation challenges and leading practices

Overwhelmed by data? Using and Protecting the “Right” Data

Protecting Data Assets in a Perilous Cyber World

Seizing the opportunity: Protecting information from cyber attacks through OMB Circular A-130

Intelligent automation can dramatically improve cybersecurity

The March of the Robots

Intelligent Automation Brings Efficiency to Agencies

Welcome to the New School: How intelligent automation is shifting the way we view competencies and professional development

Demystifying intelligent automation: The layman's guide to the spectrum of robotics and automation in government

Build a Case for Intelligent Automation

Your risk culture: An ERM enabler or barrier?

Switching gears: Expanding program integrity beyond fraud, waste, and abuse to enhance mission performance

Navigating uncertainty through ERM: A practical approach to implementing OMB Circular A-123

It's Time to Seize Opportunity

The Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015

The backbone for sustaining audit and financial management business process improvement

Welcome to the New School: How intelligent automation is shifting the way we view competencies and professional development

Calling All Government Financial Managers to a More Analytic Role as Highly-Valued Business Advisors!

Online Financial Reporting: a Balancing Act

2017 Association of Government Accountants. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

Leading practices: Effectively evaluating SOC 1 reports in the Department of Defense

To help user entities effectively address this complex and persistent obstacle to audit readiness, KPMG LLP prepared this issue brief to highlight leading practices associated with the implementation of service organization/SOC 1 report evaluation programs.

Are You Prepared to Meet the Challenges of the DATA Act and Open the Door Wider on Government Spending?

This article, reproduced with the permission of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), discusses what the DATA Act means to financial managers and how they can bring open government reporting to the next level to increase public trust.

President Trump’s initiatives to reform the federal government and reduce the civilian workforce

This issue brief summarizes EO 13781, the implementing guidance in M-17-22, and the linkage to the President’s Hiring Freeze memorandum. It then highlights our thoughts on the way forward.

Transforming the business of government

This white paper provides a snapshot of the purpose and requirements of Executive Order 13781 and the implementing guidance in M-17-22, highlights our observations on what it will take to sustain these initiatives, and addresses five areas for initial consideration in developing the agency plans.