Government Articles
- December 17, 2010
- Gilbert Reinvents Open To Business
By: Town of Gilbert – Gilbert, Arizona
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Gilbert is reinventing the Town’s commercial application procedures to create a new streamlined process that is expected to allow businesses to open in Gilbert from one to three months faster.
- November 26, 2010
- Creating a Team of Detroit Problem-Solvers
By: Karen Dybis, The Detroit Regional News Hub
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Here’s an idea for you: Take Michigan’s unemployed population, and put them to work fixing what’s broken about Detroit. You know those under-employed engineers? Maybe they could use their expertise in streamlining processes to reconfigure the city’s budget issues. How about the automotive designers? They could dream up a better school system. And the manufacturing, transportation and warehousing professionals? They could create efficiencies, free up cash and get things clicking.
- June 1, 2010
- Squeeze Maximum Value Out of ARRA Funds, Step One: Process Improvement
The Federal Manager: Summer 2010 Issue
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By Ron Wince, Guidon Performance Solutions
Guidon CEO Ron Wince discusses that many state and federal executives are relating to a frenzied feeling, having to get the most value out of their stimulus allocation before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA), P.L. 111-5, timer goes off. The President’s pledge that ARRA spending will be transparent and accountable adds to the pressure. In other words, because every decision they make will likely be scrutinized, state and federal managers must make sure spending is planned strategically and monitored carefully while also balancing the need for speed. To survive in this perfect storm, new approaches may be needed to help state and federal government employees successfully meet the requirements.
- September 3, 2009
- Have ARRA Reporting Requirements Stimulated Software Purchases?
By Courtney Bjorlin, Tech Target's SearchSAP.com
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Featured article quoting Guidon CEO Ron Wince. Read how Wince discusses how software is being used in government.
- August 31, 2009
- The Leadership Role Trainers Can Play in Creating a High-Performing Government
By Ron Wince, Guidon Performance Solutions
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Article featured in the "Training/Leadership Development" section of Training Magazine's Manage Smarter website written by Guidon CEO.
- July 20, 2009
- HR In The White House
By Betty Hintsch, Workplace HR & Safety
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Featured article quoting Guidon CEO Ron Wince. Read how Wince discusses the recent Chief Performance Officer's appointment and what it means for the visibility of HR and performance management.
- July 1, 2009
- The Untapped Government Stimulus Right Under Our Noses
By Ron Wince, Guidon Performance Solutions
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Featured article written by Guidon CEO Ron Wince for Chief Executive Magazine. By applying concepts such as Lean Six Sigma, $200 billion a year can be saved in delivering government services.
- June 1, 2009
- Stimulus: $16 Billion in Federal Funds Begin Arriving
By Dave Gardner, Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal
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Featured article quoting Guidon CEO Ron Wince. Read about Wince's concerns that no one really knows where many facets of the huge stimulus package are being spent.
- May 8, 2009
- Industry News: New CPO Appointee Jeffrey Zients
By Joe LiPetri, Consultants News
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Featured article quoting Guidon CEO Ron Wince. Read about Wince's view on the new Chief Performance Officer's role and how it applies to government.
- April 24, 2009
- Obama Looks To Chief Performance Officer To Streamline Government
By Beth Mirza, Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM)
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Featured article quoting Guidon CEO Ron Wince. Read about Wince's view on the opportunities Jeffrey Zients (CPO) has to help streamline the government and be successful taking out waste, eliminating defects, improving process and cutting costs.
- July 11, 2008
- Borrowing from Industry's Playbook, Big Government Goes Lean
By Guidon’s Tom Morin with Geoff Williams
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Both government and industry benefit from productivity and efficiency. Guidon’s Tom Morin explains how the public sector can benefit from the private sector’s experience.
- April 28, 2008
- Clearance Process Gets Makeover: Lean Six Sigma will shape plan to achieve efficient and uniform security clearances
By Mark Tarallo, Federal Computer Week
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Guidon weighs in on the Department of Defense’s use of Lean to expedite security clearance processes.
- April 5, 2006
- Expand Efforts to Make State Government Lean
By Donna Katen-Bahensky, Des Moines Register
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The results of initial Lean efforts in Iowa spur strong support for a proposal before the Legislature that would allow hiring an employee to coordinate and facilitate Lean events throughout state government.
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