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PSC Chief Financial Officer Discusses Role on ReImagine HHS

Bill McCabe, Director, Financial Management and Procurement Portfolio and Chief Financial Officer, PSC, was interviewed about his role on ReImagine HHS, an initiative begun by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, MD.

Walter Discusses Effect of M-17-22 on Shared Services, Federal Government

Jd Walter, Director of Customer Relationship Management, Program Support Center (PSC), provides insights on the impact of the Office of Management and Budget memo M-17-22 on the federal government and the future of shared services.

PSC Selected by HHS IDEA Lab Ventures Board

PSC has been selected by the HHS IDEA Lab Ventures Board to develop and implement an innovative project, an online marketplace for lab supply acquisitions using an Amazon.com-type model, to streamline the acquisition of lab supplies.

PSC 2016 Successes

Learn more about the vital support PSC provided in 2016 to agencies throughout the federal government — helping them to focus on their core missions. From financial management to occupational health to administrative operations and real estate and logistics, PSC continues to take pride in Managing the Business of Government™.

PSC featured in Business of Government Magazine

As government agencies continue to be under increased scrutiny to improve efficiency and be ever more vigilant with their use of public funding, they are increasingly adopting alternative models and approaches to providing services.

EXCLUSIVE - Robotics Process Automation What is it and How can it benefit Public Sector Shared Services?

The very mention of “robotics process automation” (RPA) conjures up the image of a room full of gleaming humanoid robots stiffly moving about, busily picking things up and putting them down.  But what exactly is RPA? Why is it so hot among shared service centers in the private sector? And how is it relevant to shared services in the public sector?

Continuing the Shared Services Momentum

OMB: Improving Administrative Functions Through Shared Services

The President, through his Management Agenda, is committed to creating a 21st Century Government that is more effective, efficient, supportive of economic growth, and fosters a culture of excellence in the Federal workforce. To that end, the Administration has launched various efforts to transform the delivery of common administrative services into a shared services model that will reduce duplication and redundancy and enable the government to redeploy funds to agency core mission activities.

Enhancing Decision-Making: Helping the next administration make smart and timely decisions

On Wednesday, November 9, the new President-elect and his or her transition team will begin to make what promises to be an unrelenting barrage of decisions. For the duration of their time in office, the president and members of the administration will seek to make smart and timely decisions that advance a presidential agenda and respond to emerging challenges.

Data Center Refresh: DCOI Redefines Federal Data Center Policy

Joint Commission Accredits Largest Federal Provider of Occupational Health Services

The Joint Commission announced today it has awarded Ambulatory Care Accreditation to Program Support Center, the largest provider of occupational health services in the federal government.

Does government need a FITARA for shared services?

"The stars are aligned" for a bill that could codify the use of shared services across government, much like the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act galvanized support for agency CIOs, said John Marshall, founder and CEO of the Shared Services Leadership Coalition, at an AGA leadership conference panel on Feb. 23.

OMB priming HR shared services for a big year

The Office of Management and Budget is rebooting the human resources line of business effort after it laid basically dormant — or maybe just really quiet — for the last several years.

The IT crowd: Federal government's IT department can't prove savings

OTTAWA — A critical audit of the federal government's central information-technology department says Shared Services Canada can't show whether it was saving the government any money, nor whether systems and data were secure.

Mallory Barg Bulman: Here’s a list for improving shared services

Your mother always told you it was good to share. For federal agencies, shared services are a route to greater efficiency, less wasted effort and maybe even better performance. So why aren't more agencies doing it? Now the Partnership for Public Service, teaming with Deloitte, has come up with a list of recommendations for agencies to get into shared services for human resources and acquisition. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more detail.

GSA considers free cloud toolbox for other agencies

The General Services Administration is looking to add yet another program to help federal government departments get to the cloud, this time at no cost to agencies.

Achieving greater mission support through shared services

This week on “Off the Shelf” Jennifer J. Walcott and Bill Beyer, principals with Deloitte Consulting LLP, discuss strategic opportunities to achieve greater mission support for the federal government through shared services.

Interview with Anne- Marie Massenberg, Chief of Staff, PSC

Brian Siegel: Agencies find it hard to play nice with shared services

Play nice and share. A good prescription for little kids and for federal agencies trying to cut administrative and IT costs. But for kids and federal managers, shared services can be an uphill push. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Brian Siegel, principal in the federal consulting practice at Deloitte, why that is.

Commonwealth looks to shared services future

The Australian government has called for input on how to best provide a whole-of-government solution for its public services which is estimated to cost in excess of AU$3.5 billion annually.