Government 2020: The Future of Government Webinar
Federal Computer Week, November 19, 2008. The recently released report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, 'Government 2020 and the perpetual collaboration mandate', was used as the basis for the discussion. Originally broadcast November 19, 2008, this webcast showed the powerful forces that are changing our world and affecting every government. Duration: 1 hour
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Last updated: 19 February 2009
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Government 2020 and the perpetual collaboration mandate: Six worldwide drivers demand customized strategies
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In developing tailored strategies to address six global trends, governments will need to enact a new kind of intensified, multilayered, multidirectional communication and cooperation that we call perpetual collaboration. IBM Institute for Business Value study, 9 June 2008. "Summary - The future of societies around the world is being shaped by six drivers outside the realm of government control. Powerful changes related to demographics, globalization, environmental concerns, societal relationships, social stability and technology will affect virtually every government, demanding individualized responses suited to each nation, region or locality. These nearly universal drivers will require "perpetual collaboration" that starts with intensified, multi-directional communications, and shared operational and technical standards. Beyond those core essentials, effective strategies also hinge on government commitments to facilitate efforts involving multiple agencies (within and across borders), and improve partnering with transnational organizations..."