IBM Center for The Business of Government

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Reports
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Podcasts
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Executive Director's Corner
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The Innovation Adoption Kit: A Data- Driven Playbook for Enterprise IT Modernization in Government
Few challenges in government technology persist more than the following: how can agencies move faster to adopt new tools, while also reducing the duplication and sprawl that make technology costly to maintain and difficult to change? This report shows that agencies can address both mandates in tandem, rather than treat them as competing priorities.
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Immersive Workspaces: Shaping the Future of Government Work
This timely report explores how governments can harness immersive workspaces -- combining artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and digital twins—to strengthen mission delivery in an increasingly complex operating environment.
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Navigating the Global Quantum Landscape
By proactively addressing risks and leveraging the opportunities quantum technology offers, government agencies can strengthen their capabilities in cybersecurity, threat detection, disaster response, and infrastructure protection.
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Agile and Adaptive Leadership in the Public Sector
Drawing on extensive research in public administration and organizational behavior, this report reframes agile as much more than a project management methodology to a fundamentally different way of thinking about leadership.

Podcasts

Hosted by Michael J. Keegan, The Business of Government Hour features a conversation with government executives and thought leaders who are changing the way government does business. Over 600 government executives have been interviewed about their careers, agency accomplishments and management, and the future of government in the 21st century.

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Connecting Health Care Through Data, Standards, and Trust: A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Keane
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Transforming the Federal Government's Acquisition Marketplace: A Conversation with Laura Stanton.
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Six Leadership Actions to Bridge Perspectives, Strengthen Teams, and Create Value
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Insights on How Great Leaders Drive Innovation at Scale

Blog

A range of voices from the Center, academe, and IBM business practitioners examine issues facing public managers as they work to accomplish their missions. The blog looks at the current administration priorities and challenges of performance and collaboration in the workplace.

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August 3, 2026

Digital Modernization and Transformation: Architecture as Destiny

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July 20, 2026

Digital Modernization and Transformation: Complementary Channels, Not a False Choice

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July 9, 2026

Federal AI Spending in 2026

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July 8, 2026

How Agentic AI Can be Leveraged to Transform Government

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Executive Director's Corner

The Center houses a library of reports on adopting and deploying AI to improve government.

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May 2026

Using AI to Improve Child Welfare

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December 2025

Responsible AI for Public Evaluation

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October 2025

AI in State Government

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September 2025

GenAI and the Future of Government Work

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Future Shocks

The Center has dedicated time and resources to explore how best government agencies can prepare, address, and overcome the disruptive inevitabilities of “future shocks”—those increasingly common and severe events that have effects within and across nations.

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In the news

This audio and visual library provides perspectives on key government issues through appearances in a variety of media outlets.