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FEDERALLIST 2520The Rule of
BRAY’S DISTINCTION:
Due to regulations, bureaucracy and
Leadership differs from management because management is about meeting expectations and leadership is about stepping outside of and often exceeding expectations.
— DAVID BRAY, FCC CIO
politics, things take twice as long to accomplish in government
as what one can expect in the private sector.
— Richard Spires, CEO of Learning Tree and former DHS CIO
21Never get
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ON BUDGET AND MONEY MATTERS
23Always keep the budget
battles
in perspective.When asked about how the budget/ appropriations process was going, my then-boss always used to say, “Worse than last year. But not as bad as next year.”
— Alan Balutis, a distinguished fellow and senior director at Cisco Systems and former Commerce Department CIO
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Start work on your year- three budget
than your agency head.
— Frank McDonough, former GSA executive
22Treat every decision as if the inspector
general’s office is second-guessing you. It is.
— Roger Baker, former VA CIO and Agilex executive
today. This year’s budget is already spent, and next year’s is already committed.
— Roger Baker, former VA CIO and Agilex executive
25Work with your OMB
resource management office
examiner as if he or
she is both your friend
and your foe. Examiners require continual contact and
the truth about program and operations status. Do not lie to your examiners. Much like your mother, they always find out the truth, and career RMO examiners can make or break a policy decision.
— Kathleen Turco, former chief financial officer at the Veterans Health Administration and GSA executive
MCDONOUGH’S RULE:
Treat legacy system modernization as you would a bear in the woods
— FRANK MCDONOUGH, FORMER GSA EXECUTIVE
during mating season.