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The Information Age has generated an explosion of information and technology. Currently, executives and empowered employees create a wealth of good ideas. But, how can you sharpen your focus and seize the best opportunities? In Information Proficiency, author Thomas Buckholtz shows you how to thrive in these challenging times and put your good ideas to work using information proficiency: the effective use of information to define and achieve goals. Dubbed “the information wizard” by InfoWorld, Tom Buckholtz has led the deployment of information resources and systems for the world’s biggest buyer of information technology, the U.S. Government. In this engaging book, he shares the groundbreaking concepts and techniques he developed while serving as the Commissioner of the Information Resources Management Service, U.S. General Services Administration, where he directed the implementation of computing, telecommunications, and records management throughout the Executive Branch.

This article provides a framework for guiding current and future public policy endeavors and for analyzing past and current initiatives. This article also illustrates using the framework to analyze and learn from past endeavors and to shape current and future initiatives.