Jerry Mechling 
Jerry Mechling is a research vice president at Gartner Inc. From 1983 to 2011, he was a faculty member of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught degree-program courses on information management and founded Strategic Computing in the Public Sector, a research and executive-education program.
A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and four-time winner of the Federal 100 Award, he was formerly a fellow of the Institute of Politics, an aide to the mayor of New York City and assistant administrator of the New York City Environmental Protection Administration, and director of Boston's Office of Management and Budget.
He received his B.A. in physical sciences from Harvard College and his M.P.A. and Ph.D. in economics and public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
Recent Articles
- How to Make $1,900 a Year for Everyone?
- It's simple: Use IT to implement a cost-effective shared services model.
- IT Drives Shared Services
- What's the quickest way to make $1,900 a year for each man, woman and child in the country? Use technology to implement a cost-effective shared services model.
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- Three IT Challenges for the 2011 Transition
- Looming political transitions and tough economic times create an unusual window of opportunity for IT-enabled innovations.
- 2011's 3 IT Challenges
- With political transitions looming, a unique opportunity to innovate presents itself.
- Government's Budget Myopia
- Governors, mayors and budget directors need to update the budgeting process to ensure IT-enabled innovations.
- The New Economy: A Glitzy Future?
- Michigan's massive new data center is the right technology for these tough economic times.
- Creating See-Through Government
- Transparency and accountability are more important than ever. There are steps managers should take to achieve those goals.
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- Democratizing Data
- The District of Columbia is making practically all of its data available to the public. The effort to promote transparency and trust is generating excitement.
- Civic Engagement: Your Next Technology 'Sweet Spot'?
- Online services are fine, but they've become old hat. It's time to use new technology tools to make government more transparent and collaborative.
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- Will Massive Collaboration Work for You?
- It offers ways for governments to tap the wisdom of crowds.
- There Is Nothing Permanent Except Change
- In turbulent times, institutions must respond with increasingly energetic, leadership-driven innovation.
- Showing the Way To Shared Services
- Public managers know all too well the barriers to sharing services across jurisdictional boundaries. One county in Michigan is knocking them down in ways others may soon need to emulate.
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- What Does Your CIO Really Need to Know?
- They really need to know, writes Jerry Mechling, how to earn a role as a trusted member of the leadership team.
- Time to Change Your Value Chain?
- With electronic infrastructure now so widely available, writes Jerry Mechling, the next step for government is reorganizing, re-allocating and redefining agencies and functions.
- Innovation Clues from Cleveland
- Cleveland is unique in its approach to broadband, its emphasis on entrepreneurial innovation and its focus on the region rather than on the city, the state or the nation, writes Jerry Mechling.
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