The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

KMWG sub-groups*

• Communities of Practice (CoPs):
  • Federal Knowledge Management Initiative
    • Working Groups
      • Knowledge Management Idea Distillery ²⁾
    • Action Groups
      • Change Management Action Group
      • Communications Action Group
      • Federal Knowledge Management Center Action Group
      • Knowledge Management Competencies and Performance Action Group
      • Knowledge Management Policy & Standards Action Group
      • Knowledge Management Practices Action Group
      • Knowledge Retention Action Group
      • Social Networking Team
      • Web 2.0 Social Computing & Generation Y Action Group
      • Web Presence & Demo Site Action Group
  • Semantic Interoperability CoP
  • Knowledge Management Technology CoP
• Working Groups:
  • Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) Working Group ²⁾
  • Healthcare Knowledge Management Working Group
  • Web 2.0 for Federal Science and Engineering Working Group
  • 25 Point IT Management Reform Plan Working Group
• Special Interest Groups (SIGs):
  • Communities of Practice SIG
  • Content Management SIG
  • Government-wide Communities of Practice SIG
  • Knowledge Management Education, Learning & Development (was: Knowledge Management Training SIG)
  • Chief Knowledge Officer Competencies SIG (2000-2001; merged with Training SIG)
  • KM.GOV Content & Knowledge Management Technology SIG
  • Knowledge Management Stories SIG
  • Public Policy & Outreach SIG
  • Knowledge Management Surveys SIG
  • Legislation & Intellectual Property SIG
  • KM Strategies & Best Known Practices SIG
  • Program Planning & Strategic Support SIG
  • Taxonomies & Semantics SIG

Meetings

Federal Knowledge Management Community / Working Group meetings

• 31st Quarterly FKMC Meeting, October 26, 2018, tba
• 3rd FKMC Interim Meeting, September 12, 2018
• 30th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, July 27, 2018, Millennium Challenge Corp
• 2nd FKMC Interim Meeting, June 13, 2018, Department of Transportation
  Develop and Defend Your Knowledge Management Metrics in the Metrics Shark Tank
• 29th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, April 27, 2018
• 1st FKMC Interim Meeting,
• 28th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, January 26, 2018
  Theme: We’re swimming in #data but we’re starved for knowledge
• 27th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, October 20, 2017, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) HQ, Washington, D.C.
  Theme: Understanding the Community Needs
  Panel: FKMC: 2010 to present & perspectives (Needs Assessment Survey Results)
  Breakout Sessions (small group discussions): Organizational Change Management, Knowledge Management Maturity Model, Knowledge Management Success Stories
  Brief Agency Profiles: Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) Knowledge Management Activities; Joint Staff’s September Knowledge Management Awareness Week activities
• 26th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, June 16, 2017, Defense Media Activity (DMA), Fort Meade
  Theme: Business-driven Knowledge Management
  (co-organizer: Defense Information Systems Agency)
  Business Approach to Knowledge Management: Case Study from BAE Systems
  Measuring Success of Knowledge Efforts at NASA
  DOD Coding of the Cyber Workforce with Knowledge ManagementIntroduction of DODI 8220.a
  Demonstration of the American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) MOSAIQ knowledge management tool
• 25th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, March 10, 2017, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC
  Space Exploration: The Role of Knowledge Management in a High Risk Environment (NASA)
  Like Peanut Butter and Jelly: 5 Tips for Making KM a Natural Fit for your Organization (Volpe National Transportation Systems Center)
  Round-robin style member updates on current initiatives and challenges
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• 21st Quarterly FKMC Meeting, February 19, 2016, Department of Transportation (DOT)
  Critical Knowledge initiatives at NASA & the Knowledge Toolbox
  Resilience— an Unexpected Consequence of KM (interactive table-top problem-solving session)
  changing the online community platform from max.gov to apan.org
• 20th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, October 30, 2015, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC
  Knowledge Walking Out the Door – Strategies for Knowledge Transfer with Contractors (facilitated discussion)
  Update on the (20+) Areas of Interest (Working Groups) survey
• 19th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, July 17, 2015, Department of Transportation (DOT)
  Strategies for Transferring Project Lessons at NASA/Goddard
  APAN portal as the prospective replacement of Max.gov for the FKMC’s collaboration and communications portal
• 16th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, April 3, 2015, NASA Headquarters
  Updates and findings of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel on NASA Knowledge Services
  Survey findings: Ways to enhance the FKMC Community of Practice
• 17th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, January 23, 2015, Department of Homeland Security, Arlington, Virginia
  Infrastructure protection
  Knowledge Management: Can Gamification Help? (facilitated discussion)
• 16th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, September 5, 2014, Department of Transportation (DOT)
  JPLTube: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)’s internal video-sharing website
  Leveraging Talent Management Through Knowledge Management for Project Success
  Leadership through Storytelling – The Power of Stories for Leadership and Success (NASA)
• 15th Quarterly FKMC Meeting, June 6, 2014, Department of Transportation (DOT), Navy Yard
  Presentations of DOT executive leadership
  NASA Knowledge-Based Risks, Case Studies and Video Dashboards
  Table discussions
• 14th Quarterly FKMC Meeting (aka Federal KM Working Group meeting), March 28, 2014, Pentagon
  Joint Staff Knowledge Management
  Forge.mil: DISA’s new collaborative content and knowledge management system
  Global DOD Joint KM Working Group
  Knowledge Management at the UN, Making KM work for large entities, context, implementation and lessons learned
  It’s All Change – George Mason’s ODKM Program
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• KMWG Meeting, May 16, 2012, NASA
  n.a.
• …
• FKMC Meeting, December 2-3, 2010
• …
• KMWG Annual Meeting, April 29, 2009
  (co-located with 10th Knowledge Management Conference and Exhibition, Apr 28-29)
  Congregate and Connect
  Welcome and results from recent votes
  Getting Change right: Guaranteeing Buy-In Among Your Most Valuable Players
  Presentation of the Federal KM Initiative
  Federal KM Initiative: Action Group Guidelines. Reports & Roadmap (planned)
  Questions, suggestions, and action
• …
• KMWG Meeting, November 10, 2004, World Bank
  Agenda n.a.
• KMWG Meeting, Spetember 8, 2004
  Postponed!
• KMWG Meeting, July 14, 2004, World Bank
  Agenda n.a.
• KMWG Meeting, May 12, 2004, World Bank
  GSA executive leadership and training curriculum (developed at the Eastern Management Development Center)
  A primer on taxonomies, ontologies, thesauri, etc.
  Activity Updates: Taxonomy Special Interest Group
  KM Working Group branding and KM.GOV
• KMWG Meeting, March 10, 2004, U.S. Department of Energy
  (Joint meeting with the KM Rountable and Defense Contract Management Agency)

  Workforce Connections, an open source workforce productivity tool by the U.S. Department of Labor
  Navy KM: Operational, KM strategy and requirements for Navy’s KM Central
  Activity Updates: Education SIG ; KM Marketing and Metrics SIG

• KMWG Meeting, January 14, 2004, U.S. Department of Energy
  Assembling learning materials and information from multiple vendors into a consistent and robust learning system to support different audiences
  How Hyperwave is currently being used at the NGIC and now for the DoD Horizontal Fusion ’04 Initiatives
• KMWG Special Meeting, October 10, 2003
  Meeting with the co-chairs of the Working Group, the chairs of the special interest groups, and those interested in becoming co-chairs
• KMWG Meeting, September 10, 2003, Federal Aviation Administration
  Human aspects of knowledge sharing at Xerox and XML search engine demo
  Creation of Tech Net – a network of government-wide communities of practice focusing on specific technologies
  Knowledge discovery for the Federal Government
• KMWG Meeting, Jul 9, 2003, July 9, Federal Aviation Administration
  E-Reg community of practice will share reflections and lessons learned about the experience
  The Canadian Forest Service KM Program
• KMWG Meeting, May 14, 2003, Federal Aviation Administration
  Experiences with MindModeler, to support the judgment of key individuals by creating an adaptive model of their judgment processes
  Program Evaluation: An Evaluation Culture and Collaborative Partnerships Help Build Agency Capacity (US General Accounting Office Report)
  Knowledge Management Capability Maturity Models
• KMWG Meeting, November 13, 2002
  Agenda n.a.
• KMWG Meeting, September 18, 2002, Federal Aviation Administration
  Agenda n.a.
• KMWG Meeting, July 10, 2002, Federal Aviation Administration
  Communities of Practice
  Social Capital: Networks
  Strategic Alliances and Knowledge
  Knowledge Management and Taxonomies
  Promoting Trust in Knowledge Intensive Work
• KMWG Meeting, May 15, 2002, Federal Aviation Administration
  Reports by the SIG Chairs
  Leveraging Groupware for a Robust Knowledge Management Portal
  Discussion: Portals in the Federal Government
• KMWG Meeting, March 13, 2002, Federal Aviation Administration
  Objectives and Architectures for Inter-agency Collaboration
  Reports by the SIG Chairs

  Discussion of hot topics, and the way ahead for KMWG:
  Do people share and trust naturally?
  Public websites: the conflict between the need to share, and the need to know
  How do existing performance evaluations affect an individual?s actual performance? Do they really reward (and stimulate) team contributions?
  How to share your presentations with the group

• KMWG Meeting, January 16, 2002, HQ US Army Corps of Engineers
  Transition Discussions
  SIG Reports

  Project Reports:
  Managing Knowledge @ Work
  KM WG CD-Rom
  Yellow Pages test version demo
  OECD Survey report
  Internet broadcast demo

  Announcements

• KMWG Meeting, October 25, 2001, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (Training Institute)
  Special dialogue on KM and homeland defense

  SIG Reports:
  KM Stories
  Communities of Practice
  KM Education, Learning & Development
  Content Management
  Public Policy & Outreach

  Government-wide KM Communities Initiative
  Report on the CoP Launch Workshop
  – Acquisition & Procurement
  – On-Line Federal Regulatory Forms
  – Indian Health Care-Diabetes

  Yellow Pages Initiative – Km Implementation
  Announcements

• KMWG Meeting, July 24, 2001, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (Training Institute)
  Business Case Highlights:
  KM.GOV Content & KM Technology
  KM Stories
  Communities of Practice
  Agency Exchange
  KM Education, Learning & Development
  Content Management
  Public Policy & Outreach

  Government-wide KM Communities Initiative:
  Acquisition and Procurement
  On-Line Regulatory Forms
  Federal Grants

  Status – Managing Knowledge @ Work: and Overview of KM
  Yellow Pages Initiative – Km Implementation

  Announcements:
  Global Knowledge Economics Council
  Federal KM Learning > Consulting Netwo

• KMWG Meeting: Strategic Planning Session, June 7, 2001, American Institute of Architects
  Opening: Department of the Navy Resources; Path to Intelligent Behavior; KMWG Awards
  CIO Council’s Enterprise Interoperability and Emerging Technology Committee (EIETC) Future
  Discuss future direction of group
  SIG Reports: KM.Gov and Technology; Communities of Practice; KM Strategies & Best/First Practices; Ethnographic; Public Policy & Outreach ;Agency Exchange; KM Training & Education; Content Management; Business Cases
  – Discussion of SIGs Group Discussion (Add, Combine, Eliminate…)
  – SIG Chair Reports on Accomplishments & Challenges
  – Break into SIGs and Develop Business Plans
  – Discussion of Meeting Hosting, Funding & Internal Resourcing
  – SIGs Report to Group to Prioritize Projects
  Consolidate Plans and Develop Overall Strategy & Initiative
• KMWG Meeting, May 8, 2001, American Institute of Architects
  KMWG Communities of Practice Initiative
  Metrics Guide for KM Initiatives
  Technology Intelligence International
  Discussion of Agency KM Champions
  SIG Reports and Announcements
• KMWG Meeting, February 14, 2001, Brookings Institution
  Opening:
  – Knowledge Management in Europe (OECD meeting, UK’s CKO reports to the Prime Minister)
  – Smithsonian “Campus on the Mall” program

  KM Certification
  Intelligent Organizations: Implications for managing KM and Organizational Intelligence

  SIG Reports:
  Ethnographic Analysis SIG (decision to establish)
  KM Strategies & Best/First Practices
  Communities of Practice
  KM Training

• KMWG Meeting, December 4, 2000, American Institute of Architects
  Technology study of various software applications that support communities of practice
  SIG Reports
• KMWG Meeting, November 1, 2000, Brookings Institution
  Opening: Schematic on a Communities of Practice pilot; KM meeting in Santa Fe; KM certification within the Federal Gov’t
  General Services Administration’s Public Building Service: Good Practices Pilot
  Designing Performance Measures to Tell a Story: Applying Knowledge Management Principles
  SIG Reports: KM Primer – Managing Knowledge @Work: An Overview of KM (KM Strategies & Best Known/ First Practices SIG)
• KMWG Meeting, October 4, 2000, Brookings Institution
  Opening: KM is getting a lot more visibility; Plan to develop a Government-oriented KM certification program
  Social Security Administration’s KM portal – PRIDE, Project Resource Guide (Web Based Virtual Project Office)
  KM Primer – Managing Knowledge @Work: An Overview of KM (KM Strategies & Best Known/ First Practices SIG)
  SIG Reports: KM.Gov Web Site & Technology; Communities of Practice; KM Strategies & Best/First Practices
• KMWG Meeting, September 12, 2000, American Institute of Architects
  Opening: The Department of the Navy’s (DON) Career Path Guide, KCO Toolkit and Knowledge Fair
  Knowledge Management and the Role of the CKO in the Public Sector
  Report from the CIO Council Strategic Plan
  Federal Affinity Groups Project
  SIG Reports/Business Plans: KM Strategies & Best/First Practices; Communities of Practice
• KMWG Strategic Planning Session, June 13, 2000, Brookings Institution
  Develop a business case for each SIG and compile them into an overall strategic plan for the upcoming fiscal year
• KMWG Meeting, May 3, 2000, Brookings Institution
  Data Channel Introduction & Presentation
  SIG Reports: KM.Gov Web Site & Technology, Communities of Practice, KM Strategies & Best/First Practices, CKO Competencies, Program & Strategic Planning
• KMWG Meeting, April 2000
  No Meeting – E-Gov Knowledge Management Conference
• KMWG Meeting, March 1, 2000, ?
  n.a.
• KMWG Meeting, February 2, 2000, Federal Trade Commission
  KM Presentation
  KM Case Studies
  Break into Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
• KMWG Inaugural Meeting, January 5, 2000, American Institute of Architects
  Why KM now? – Internet revolution-economy
  Build an understanding of relationships to promote knowledge management throughout government (CIO Council’s Strategic Plan, Objective 1.4)
  Productivity issues: Consider the ability to harness and deliver knowledge
  Upcoming E-Gov Conference on knowledge management
  The American Management Systems (AMS) approach to knowledge sharing
  WEBGOV: Ways the web can help solve the Knowledge Management issues
  KM Working Group: How to proceed and organize for best results

KMWG “Communities” Meetings

• KM Education, Learning & Development (KM Training / CKO Competencies) SIG
  • …
  • 8th Knowledge Management Roundtable (KM RT), MITRE Corporation, February 8, 2001
    Knowledge Management Training: what’s available?
    Knowledge Management Training: what’s needed?
  • Symposium, December 18-19, 2000
    Developing the Learning Objectives for a Government Knowledge Management Certification Course
  • First meeting, October 13, 2000, Navy CIO Office
    Defining the concept of Knowledge Management for Government and the need for training (Knowledge Management Statement of Intent)
• Public Chief Knowledge Officer group
  “Brainstorming” session, June 20, 2000, Information Resources Management College, National Defense University
• Private Chief Knowledge Officer group
  “Brainstorming” session, April 21, 2000, Information Resources Management College, National Defense University

Events

• Federal KM Awareness Week (3rd week in September)

Webinars

IDEA Tuesday Weekly Web Conferences/Meetings (w. ECM Institute)

• Jul 28, 2009: NASA POPS Expert Locator
• Jun 09, 2009: KM.gov Elections and New CoP Participation
• Jun 08: Strategic Competency Assessment and Sourcing: A Lifecycle Approach to Workforce Planning and Improvement
• Feb 17, 2009: Knowledge Management (KM) Center Kick-Off Meeting
• Feb 10, 2009: Using Information Technologies to Track Spending in Healthcare
• Feb 03, 2009: Federal Knowledge Management Initiative Roadmap
• Jan 13, 2009: Facilitate Knowledge Sharing through Micro-blogs and Peer-to-Peer Training
• Dec 16, 2008: Next Generation Knowledge Management
• Nov 18, 2008: Storytelling: Narrative tools and techniques that facilitate knowledge sharing

Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS) virtual mini-series (a Joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG Initiative)

• May 2008: Connecting People Through Semantics, and OKDMS Series Summary (OKMDS mini-series Concluding Event); Cooperation, Human Systems Design, and Peer Production
• Apr 2008: Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking
• Mar 2008: Organizing Science Knowledge for Discovery at NASA
• Feb 2008: How Knowledge Management Supports Decision Making in the (US) Federal Government
• Jan 2008:Creating Informational and Virtual Space for Knowledge Sharing
• Dec 2007: Making Better Strategic Decisions, by Asking If It Is Going To Get Better or Worse
• Nov 2007: Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS): Making Better Decisions (OKMDS mini-series Launch Event)
• Oct 2007: Pre-OKMDS Virtual World (Second Life) Tutorial