Kundra requests inventory of latest knowledge management apps

Knowledge management is on the agenda of the Obama administration.

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has asked the Federal Knowledge Management Working Group to conduct an inventory of the applications that agencies use to capture and share the expertise of their employees, Jeanne Holm, co-chair of the working group, said today at the Open Government and Innovations conference in Washington.

Kundra also is interested in hearing about the current best practices for collaboration.

In conducting its surveys, the group is especially interested in bringing to light some applications in use at smaller agencies, or perhaps in small groups in large agencies, said Holm.

These applications might be focused on “local” issues in those groups, but might have broader applicability. “I’m hoping we can find good local solutions that we can take and mature,” she said.

In some cases, the technology itself would not be scalable, but the methodologies could be, Holm said.

The working group, once part of the Federal CIO Council but now an independent group, includes 700 members from government, industry and academia.

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