Collective Intelligence Perspectives, Summaries and Reports

Collective Intelligence provides the underpinning for the following perspectives, survey summaries, and reports. We hope these will help individuals, government and industry see over the horizon, position for, and shape the future they want to live. Government Futures is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license. This means that you are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the following content, as long as you attribute the work to Government Futures.

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Perspectives on Promises: Can the Government and
Industry Deliver?

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This report is the first result of our “Keeping It Real” research. It analyzes, for realism and innovation, eight Presidential front-runners’ proposals on five issues critical to America’s continued success and prosperity. It concludes that many of the presidential candidates’ promises are laudable, but that the federal government and the industry that supports it can not deliver on those promises in the timeframe Americans expect without major changes in the way we do business.

The research was presented January 8, 2008 at the Consumer Electronics Show Government Conference in Las Vegas.

Public Health 2.0: Spreading Like a Virus

6-minute Webcast PDF Detailed Survey Data

This report reflects the community's collective intelligence that Public Health will be an early example of "Government 2.0" -- government that is mission-oriented, networked, collaborative, agile and results-driven.

Check out our mission forecasting service, Gov 2.0 ForceMapping. It identifies the six critical forces that will drive government missions to their own 2.0 tipping point. The combination of the "wisdom of the crowd" and ForceMapping will let us help you identify other early government 2.0 mission areas.

The 110th Congress: Not for the Faint of Heart

Federal IT Community Must Change the Conversation, Focus on the Future

Webcast PDF Detailed Survey Data

Government Futures warns that, in its zeal to correct perceived ethics and contracting abuses, the incoming Congress could create an unintended consequence of harming the ability of federal agencies to perform their missions. However, there are many useful and needed changes that would make good use of the reform energy that brought this Congress to Washington. Industry and agency leaders should seize on the opportunity of a new Congress to effect essential improvements in government IT buying and management practices.

Tell us what improvements you think should be a priority for Congress and how agencies and industry can help move things in the right direction.

Government 2.0--Are You Ready?

7-minute Webcast PDF Detailed Survey Data

Are you ready for a market where the government IT budget has dropped by 10-25%, purchasing power has shifted from your traditional buyer, and more and more risk has been shifted to industry?

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Join in our discussion of the report here.

Procurement at the Crossroads: What Should You Do?

Webcast PDF

Government Futures reports that speedier adoption of commercially accepted procurement practices is critical to the government’s ability to meet its future mission needs. This situation presents obstacles and market opportunities..

Detailed Survey Data: "How Will Government Buy"

Survey data PDF Respondent Comments

Over 100 government and industry acquisition thought leaders give their opinions on commercial best practices and their role in the government marketplace.

The Elections and Government Procurement: Near-Term Uncertainty, Mid-Term Predictability

by Bruce McConnell, President, Government Futures & Jennifer Goodman Horowitz, Dittus Communications, Inc.

If control of one or both houses of Congress changes hands, businesses selling into federal agencies can expect slow-downs and uncertainty in government procurement well into the new year. Additionally, defense funding will also face increased scrutiny. Savvy firms are wise to adjust revenue expectations and cultivate (or continue) relationships on both sides of the aisle with special attention to policy changes that could impact their government business.