RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (TRP NOTES MAIL) CREATOR: Michael.Messinger ( Michael.Messinger@npr.gov [ UNKNOWN ] ) CREATION DATE/TIME:29-AUG-1998 02:19:46.00 SUBJECT: RE: Proposed international rego conference TO: Morley A. Winograd ( CN=Morley A. Winograd/O=OVP [ OVP ] ) READ:UNKNOWN TEXT: YEAH! Do you want to hold the Planning Meeting in the VP's Ceremonial Office on Sept 10 at 11:30 or at NPR.... _______________________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Morley_A._Winograd@ovp.eop.gov [SMTP:Morley_A._Winograd@ovp.eop.gov] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 1998 7:28 PM > To: CN=Elaine_Kamarck/OU=FS/O=KSG@ksg.harvard.edu > Cc: Michael.Messinger@npr.gov; Lisa_A._Berg@ovp.eop.gov; > Monica_M._Dixon@ovp.eop.gov > Subject: Proposed international rego conference > > Elaine: > I gave VP your email on international REGO agenda yesterday and he called > back today with his approval. YEAH! The only change he wants to make is > to > talk to POTUS about having international leading reinventor speak at lunch > instead (to give it more international flavor and help validate from > outside NPR's achievements.) I am supposed to remind him of that with > next > POTUS lunch memo. He also asked about dates and I told him Jan. 14/15 was > a go and done so that it couldn't be impacted by SOTU timing. Totally OK > with him. See you for our planning meeting on Sept. 10. > Morley > ---------------------- Forwarded by Morley A. Winograd/OVP on 08/28/98 > 07:40 PM --------------------------- > > > > (Embedded > image moved "Elaine_Kamarck/FS/KSG" @ ksg.harvard.edu > to file: 08/04/98 02:18:21 PM > PIC25787.PCX) > > > > > Record Type: Record > > > To: Morley A. Winograd/OVP > > cc: > Subject: Proposed international rego conference > > > > > > > > > Title: Innovations in Government: A Global Forum on Reinventing Government > Moderated by Vice President Al Gore > Location: (proposed) Ronald Reagan Building Ampitheatre (it has ample room > and translation equipment) Washington, D.C. > Audience: Ministerial level government officials with some responsibility > for government reform from approximately 31 countries where some > government > reform activity is in progress. Also, officials from key international > organizations such as the OECD, the EC, the World Bank and the IADB. > Altogether, approximately 250 official delegates. Also, representatives > of > Ford Foundation Innovations winners and other examples of "best practices" > Academics who study government innovation. > Sponsors: The Ford Foundation, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, > Brookings (?), the World Bank, the Inter American Development Bank, The > Council for Excellence in Governemnt. > Plenary Session #1 10:00 am - Noon > Government in the Information Age. > Welcome by Susan Beresford, President of the Ford Foundation > and Dean Joe Nye, Kennedy School of Government. > Keynote Address - Vice President Al Gore. > The Vice President's remarks will be followed by a panel > discussion on the challenges facing governments around the world, on the > pressures to change that arise from global economic competition, from > rapid democratization, and from aging social welfare states to name just a > few of the causes of movements to innovate and reinvent government. This > panel should consist of the highest level elected officials from around > the > world who are also conversant with government innovation and reinvention > such as Prime Minister Jenny Shipley. It should include non western > countries and should include developing countries. This panel should > focus > on the "why now" aspect of government reinvention and should distinguish > innovation from government reform. > Lunch - (Guest Speaker - Perhaps POTUS) > Breakout sessions 2:00 - 3:00 (approximately 12) would be facilitated > by reinventors from governments around the world and would feature Ford > Foundation Innovations Winners as examples of Best Practices. > Plenary Session #2 - 3:15 - 4:30 > Citizens, Governments and the Challenges of Service in the 21st > Century > Moderated by Vice President Al Gore > This session would open with a discussion of what governments around > the world are doing to make service to the citizen more efficient and more > effective. Two or three Best Practices featuring customer service would > be > drawn from Innovations winners in the U.S. and abroad and would also > feature examples from the U.K. and other countries who have been working > hard on the Citizen's Charter concept (and where there are no innovations > programs.) After presentation of the cases chosen, the Vice President > would lead a discusssion focusing on the challenges facing managers as > they > try to serve citizens. After the case studies are presented the Vice > President will call on individuals from different governments who have had > direct experience in trying to increase customer service. > Reception/Dinner 7:30 pm > DAY 2 > Plenary Session #3 9:00 - 11:00 > Getting Results: Assesing Government Performance > Moderated by Vice President Al Gore > This session would open with a discussion of how governments are > attempting to measure their progress and how they are being held > accountable. Again, two or three best practices in terms of measurement > and management would be featured from among the Ford Foundation Innovation > winners and others if necessary. The role of "control" agencies such as > OMB in the U.S. and Treasury in the U.K. should be explored and their role > in helping innovation evaluated. > Breakout Sessions 11:15 - 12:15 (approximately 12) would be > facilitated by reinventors from governments around the world and would > feature Ford Foundation Innovations Winners as examples of Best Practices. > Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 > Plenary Session #4 2:00 - 3:00 > Using Information Technology to Transform Government > Moderated by Vice President Al Gore > This session would consist of actual demonstrations of how > information > technology is transforming governments around the world. Again, best > practices would be drawn from Ford Foundation Innovation winners from > around the world. The discussion should then explore the next generation > of information technologies and how they will transform government. > Closing Session 3:00 - 4:00 > Next Steps and Concluding Remarks > Vice President Al Gore > > > > > > << File: PIC25787.PCX >>