Questions and Answers of Ethics of Management

Analyze and discuss where most IT spending is occurring in the federal government.
Which Congressional committees have oversight on technology spending at the federal level?
Which government agencies seem to do the best job in utilizing information technologies?
Can you identify key improvements in information technology at the federal, state, and or local levels? Cite examples, and explain why.
How can government do a better job in funding and managing IT projects?
Find three websites that do a very good job in reporting the cost of information technology projects and or how they are being used. Choose one website from each of the three major categories: a
Can you identify the ten most important types of data collected by government?
How is technology best utilized in your agency or department? What could be improved, how and why?
Can you identify the main causes as to why some technology projects seem to fail or to live up to their stated goals?
How do state and local governments manage technology? What are the advantages and disadvantages when compared to the federal government?
What is your favorite government-sponsored technology application that you appreciate the most?Describe and state why?
What are the various pros and cons of specific reporting relationships regarding the CIO? Why might this be important?
Taking into account an organization you work for or are familiar with, which person has the most influence in making technology decisions? How well are they performing this duty, and what might be
What types of opportunities exist in your area for technology leadership?
How might technology leadership be improved in your organization?
What are the best arguments for making the case for the CIO to be an essential participant within the government enterprise?
If you became the CIO of your department or agency what would be your five most important objectives? In what time frame?
Can you list at least five references and or resources where one could learn more about the role of the CIO?
With all the changes in technology, do you believe the role of the CIO will remain relevant in the years to come? If not, why, and what forces might cause this?
Can you name the CIO of your city, county, or state? Do you know what the technology priorities are? Can you find how much is spent on technology in your city, county, or state?
Can you describe a technology related failure that can be attributed to a failure of leadership? Please explain.
In your opinion, is citizen engagement a slogan or is it real, please explain?
What further improvements would you like to see regarding citizen engagement?
What government apps have you used, why or why not?
Have you ever used 311? If so what was your experience?
How can government better communicate with citizens?
What types of government data have you used and where did you obtain it?
Will online voting ever happen? Would you like to have the option of voting online? Describe the obstacles when it comes to online voting.
Using information technology, how can citizens better communicate with government at the various federal, state, and local levels?
Considering a community with which you are familiar, how well would you rate the overall effectiveness of their main website? What needs to be improved?
Do you think government agencies should accept video chat with citizens? Might this be a good thing, or bad, explain why?
What role does government data play in recording the history of the American people?
Why are some public sector organizations now sharing databases?
What is “open data,” and what power does it give to citizens?
What is “unstructured data” and why have humans created so much of it?
Why is big data creating a big threat to personal privacy?
What are a couple of public or private sector guidelines that can be used to help keep individuals safe when their information is being used?
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
What is one misconception about big data, and what is its corresponding truth?
As an individual or group project, take at least two different data sets and use them to describe a public policy issue. Articulate the data and discuss the pros and cons of public policy and
Review and critique at least five state and or local data websites, i.e., City of Chicago Data Portal, see:https://data.cityofchicago.org/.
What are the similarities and differences between projects and programs?
Why is project stakeholder management particularly critical in government?
What makes government IT projects so different from those in the private sector?
Why are IT projects—public or private—inherently difficult to manage?
Why do government organizations typically award contracts to bigger companies, and what problems does this pose for government IT projects in general?
What can focusing on minimum viable products (MVPs) rather than “big bang” releases do for public sector IT project success?
What are some project management best practices recently demonstrated by high performing governments?
How could better project management have improved the rollout of Healthcare.gov?
Describe what your personal and or professional life would look like if you were totally without broadband and the Internet for over a day, a week, a year?
How has the Internet changed the way governments operate? Name at least five positives and five negatives.
Describe the role of government in deciding broadband and Internet policy, what seem to be the leading guiding principles?
Should the federal government seek greater control of the Internet in terms of online commerce and taxes?
Can you name one or more public-private partnerships that can serve as positive examples for future partnerships?
What steps can state and local governments take to ensure better broadband deployment and coverage?
Where do you see the “Internet of Things” going? How might this impact your office or home?
Where do you stand on the issue of net-neutrality? Can you list at least five pros and cons?
What do you see as the limits of broadband communications? Can you elaborate?
What might the Internet look like in five to ten years?
Name the number and types of cloud-based services you use either for personal use or for professional use at the office or in the field.
Look up at least five different definitions of cloud computing applications and describe the common elements and differences.
Explain or discuss how cloud computing can help governments improve their operations.
What are the dangers and or limitations of cloud computing?
What laws need to reviewed or modified to allow for greater cloud usage?
How secure is cloud computing? What do we know about its safety record?
How can change management techniques be used to address staff that are fearful of cloud computing?
What types of government services might lend themselves to a managed service provided by a company or even another government entity?
Can you identify any weakness in the FedRAMP initiative?
Can you identify at least three major security breaches that involved government and the cloud? If yes, what was the cause and where there any similarities?
What is a GIS and what is the core value of any GIS for public administrators?
Why is the ability of GISs to display multiple layers of data incredibly valuable?
What are the three newly applied terms discussed in this chapter that are used to describe the purpose of government?
How do GISs support those governmental goals, in brief?
How can GISs support the business objective of governments?
Why do emergency situations make the value of GISs readily apparent?
Why can an enterprise GIS be more powerful than a number of disparate GISs operating independently within an organization?
What new potential value are citizen smartphones and tablets bringing to GISs and other government decision-making tools?
What examples can you describe where a state or local government is utilizing GIS for greater productivity or citizen engagement?
Where is further research and experimentation still needed?
Can you describe a GIS application that falls short of your expectations? Why?
Can you describe and explain how GIS can greatly assist in public management in any one of the following areas: health, transportation, public safety, parks and recreation, other?
Describe the role IT played in the early stages of its evolution as a department in both private and public sector organizations.
What are the three general approaches to performance measurement that can be applied to a wide range of scenarios and evaluations?
What is the name of the productivity management project that measured executive branch outputs from 1967 to 1994?
Fill in the blanks: Outputs are typically evaluated as part of ______________ measurement while the more holistic measure of outcomes is associated with _______________ measurement.
What are three points of focus that have resulted from a more universal adoption of enterprise-wide IT in government?
Define costs and benefits, and describe the relationship they share to one another.
What is the risk of relying solely on simplistic, classic business case metrics?
Describe the benefits of value-based performance metrics, and explain what sets them apart from classic business case metrics.
How have cyber and or network security policies and procedures changed over the last five years?
How would you apply the Framework for Cybersecurity work in your organization or one that you may be familiar with?
How often do you change your passwords? Are they generally considered “strong”? What other safety measures are used?
Does your organization have polices and procedures for working with mobile devices? What are your policies regarding downloads and adding software applications?
When were your organization’s security policies last reviewed?
Have you participated in a Cybersecurity Awareness Program? What if anything did you learn?
Can you identify any security weaknesses that still exist in your organization, or one that you are familiar with? If yes, why do they still exist, and what would it take to remedy them?
What types of energy resilience programs exist in your government agency or jurisdiction if the power goes out? If you are familiar with them, are they adequate? Why or why not?
Can you identify and explain the nine sources of cyber threats to federal agencies and critical infrastructure?
What more can the federal government do to better protect the nation’s critical infrastructure?
What can state governments do to better protect citizens in regard to cyber crime and cybersecurity?

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