Danny Werfel
Managing Director & Partner
Washington, DC
Daniel Werfel leads the Public Sector practice in North America at The Boston Consulting Group. He joined BCG in 2014, and focuses on all aspects of organizational change, including human capital, risk management, IT modernization, and business process improvements. As part of BCG’s public-sector team, Danny works with government agencies worldwide on finances, service delivery, transformation plans, and risk-assessment initiatives.
Before joining BCG, Danny worked at the US Internal Revenue Service. He was personally selected by President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew to serve as acting commissioner in the wake of the agency’s organizational crisis. Before that appointment, Danny worked for the US Office of Management and Budget, first as deputy controller and then as federal controller.
COVID-19 has massive implications for governments, including increased demand for public services and the need to improve resilience. To adapt, leaders must rethink governments’ roles and processes.
Defense agencies receiving a surge in COVID-19 stimulus funds must urgently adopt new patterns of procurement.
Now, more than ever, government needs a strategy. Unfortunately the public sector struggles mightily when it comes to strategic planning and execution. Action in four areas can remedy that.
Innovation should be at the top of the defense agenda. Significant changes have taken place not only in the national and international security context, from cold war military postures to a much more complex and less predictable security situation.
Startups are revolutionizing nearly every segment of the US economy. To partner with more of these companies, the government must communicate with them more effectively and modify its approach to contracting.
