Putting the Innovation in Policy: the LMI Way

LMI Forge™ Technology Showcase

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 

Effective Property Tracking Improves Audit Results

In keeping with the principles of LMI’s performance optimization line of business, our teams of subject matter experts optimize key controls for consistent, compliant, and effective operations. LMI leverages considerable experience across DoD in optimizing and updating internal controls and remediating audit findings to work with organizations.

Agile Project Scheduling: The LMI Way

At LMI, we tailor agile frameworks to address your needs. Whether you are implementing a hybrid or traditional PMO schedule, LMI’s adaptable schedule processes will get you there. Through our performance optimization line of business, LMI uses agile scheduling to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations and operations.

Risk Management in an Agile World

Coupled with its Performance Optimization Line of Business, LMI uses Risk Management to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations and operations. If your organization is looking to better integrate Project and Risk Management activities within your specific Agile environment, LMI’s team of Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) subject matter experts can help.

LMI Acquires JJR Solutions, Expands Technology Modernization Capabilities

LMI, a provider of technology-enabled management consulting, logistics, and digital and analytics solutions to the U.S. government, announced its acquisition of JJR Solutions, a business rooted in military service that is working to improve the nation’s health and security through user experience and technology solutions. 

LMI Selected to Provide Program Management Office (PMO) Support to Global Combat Support System Army (GCSS-Army)

LMI has been awarded a five-year, $65 million contract to provide program management, business transformation, and technical, financial, and professional advisory services to U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems' (PEO EIS) Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) Program Management Office (PMO). 

Strategic Investment Management: Optimizing Government Outcomes

LMI adopts a comprehensive approach to support government investments, ensuring meticulous execution and inclusion of all relevant stakeholders throughout the investment lifecycle.

LMI to Provide Data and Analysis Support to Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Logistics Directorate (LG)

LMI will provide the Air Force (AF) and the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Logistics Directorate (LG) Office with highly specialized services and analysis to support Readiness-Spares Packages (RSP) and Readiness-Based Sparing (RBS). 

Driving Financial Excellence: Dashboarding for Strategic Insights

Setting up a financial dashboard with LMI has greater benefits than following a trend. Our dashboards move your mission toward efficiency, clarity, and transparency.

LMI Enhancing DLA R&D With AI/ML and FINISIM™ Solution

LMI will apply cutting-edge analytic methods to enhance research and development (R&D) methods and improve lead time estimates for systems and processes, on a newly awarded contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Logistics Operations (J3).

LMI and UVA's Data Entrepreneurship Challenge: Embracing Innovation and Collaboration for the Social Good

LMI and the University of Virginia School of Data Science (UVA SDS) have a long partnership: collaborating on research, sponsored capstone projects, internships, and faculty engagements; speaking jointly at student-run organization events; teaming on government contracts; and, of course, actively hiring new graduates. This year, we achieved a new milestone with the launch of our inaugural Data Entrepreneurship Challenge (DEC).

Greatest Challenges for Making Effective Policy?

Through the LMI Way of Policy, LMI has identified several key challenges at each stage of the policy life cycle to help guide organizations through these key issues, while avoiding predictable pitfalls along the way. 

Aspiration to Operation: LMI's Four Key Concepts to Convert Next-Generation, Service-Specific Doctrines into Overwhelming Joint Force Combat Power in the Indo-Pacific

Learn about LMI’s paradigm-shifting vision and how we are already advancing it in partnership with DoD. 

LMI Secures $604 Million U.S. Border Patrol Task Order

LMI has been awarded a one-year base period and four, one-year options task order for a ceiling value of $604 million to support the U.S. Border Patrol’s Program Management Office Directorate (USBP PMOD), marking the largest contract award in LMI’s more than 60-year history.  

Talent Ignite™

Talent Ignite™ is an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) powered talent management application with a suite of interoperable modules for deployment separately or in any combination to augment your human resource (HR) or talent management systems. 

LMI Awarded $98M Small Business Innovation Phase III Contract Through Use of RAPTR™, a Proven and Trusted Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Tool for the Space Force

The U.S. Air Force awarded LMI a 5-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract with two initial task orders to expand support to the Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP) and the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC). 

Forge™ Tech Showcase & Human Capital Analytics Workshop

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023  

Jane McTigue

Jane McTigue is a principal in logistics strategy and integration at LMI. In her role, Jane leads diverse, multi-disciplined teams to drive growth to the support corporate strategy for Army programs. 

LMI to Support USTRANSCOM in Campaign Planning for Global Deployment, Distribution, and Capability Development

The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics Directorate has selected LMI for strategic campaign planning and support for the Department of Defense Functional Campaign Plan for Global Deployment and Distribution and USTRANSCOM’s Combatant Command Campaign Plan.

Better Decisions with Analytical Hierarchy Process

When decisions have a broad impact, decision makers often require input from program stakeholders, subject matter experts (SME), and end users. LMI helps agencies make gathering and analyzing that input repeatable and defendable. 

LMI to Support Research & Development for DLA Clothing and Textiles

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) Program selected LMI to support research and development (R&D) for the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (C&T) supply chain.

Workshop | Empowering Government with Generative AI: Large Language Models for Public Service

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023  

The LMI Way of Policy: Five Factors to Ensure Effective Policy Lifecycle Management

Through a five-factor approach, LMI delivers impactful policies that are co-created and implemented as drivers of change, innovation, and agility through all levels of an organization.

Ranger™ Framework: Exploring with Ranger™

Ranger™ is a deconstructed agile framework designed for the development of quick (~45 business day) prototypes and research projects. It best serves efforts around feasibility rather than perfect implementation. 

Dr. Mark Eddings Joins LMI Leadership as Senior Vice President, Space Market

LMI is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Eddings has joined LMI as senior vice president, space market. He brings 15 years of experience supporting the national security space industry.

LMI Selected to Continue Supporting the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 

LMI has been awarded a four-year, $7 million contract to continue providing event planning and related services support for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OUSD(P)).

Rachel Linares

Dr. Rachel Linares, a process improvement consultant, has over two decades of a successful career spanning multiple industries, including government, higher education, and manufacturing. She has significant consulting experience in a broad range of functions.

Ashley Jung

Ashley Jung is the vice president of human capital solutions at LMI, where she directs digital transformation strategies for federal customers. With a diverse background encompassing military service, consulting, and entrepreneurship, she began her notable career at the United States Military Academy, earning significant accolades in academics and athletics.

Helping the Best Become Even Better

While LMI strives to help each client go further, pushing boundaries is literally the mission of one longtime client, NASA. For nearly 20 years, LMI has supported NASA’s human capital (HC) function, delivering program management, change management, and ad hoc services to meet its needs. 

Innovating the PPBE Process at the Pace of Need

As trusted providers of Innovation at the Pace of Need™, LMI stands ready to adapt PPBE processes to support the future of DoD and other federal agencies’ missions. 

Three Steps Toward Creating Government Experiences That Put Customers First

The increasing disruptions from modern technological advancements, social injustice, and geopolitical tide changes demand that government organizations double-down on customers’ experience to restore the prestige of our democratic institutions.

Bettina Kolleda

Bettina has over 15 years of experience supporting business and digital transformation programs across various markets, including defense and civilian. For LMI, she stood up and oversees the business transformation sub-service line, home to our strategic planning, product innovation, and change management experts.

Ryan Loving

As a U.S. Army veteran and executive leader with 20 years of industry experience, Ryan brings a disciplined approach to business development, coupled with project delivery expertise, to drive market growth.

Stephanie Frilling

Stephanie brings over 20 years of experience in public health, care delivery, private insurance, and quality improvement methods to LMI’s federal healthcare customers. She has extensive regulatory and policy understanding of alternative payment models and payment incentives that drive quality and improve patient outcomes.

Where Insight Meets Innovation

Possibility starts with people. Our project teams push the boundaries of capability for our customers. We integrate extensive federal expertise with emerging technology experts to rapidly develop creative solutions. 

Tips for Successful IT Adoption Management

When it comes to transformation projects, the risk of failure falls between 70 to 95 percent. While the reasons for failure vary, the overarching challenge is related to people—and most IT deployments do not result in cost savings or improvements to the mission. 

Three Considerations for VA and DHA Digital Transformation

The transformation will improve organizations and patient outcomes. LMI experts have been strategic partners throughout other large-scale digital transformations and offer insights to help these projects succeed. 

Healthcare Compliance

LMI’s compliance approach centers on reducing programmatic risks while minimizing participants’ burden through data analytics and proactive engagement and education.

LMI Selected as 2020 U.S. Postal Service Supplier Performance Award Winner

U.S. Postal Service selects LMI as a Service Supplier Performance Award recipient for their work in, project, program and portfolio management. LMI has supported the U.S. Postal Service for over 20 years to foster innovation to improve process and program performance.

LMI Selected to Support Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Security Cooperation Programs

LMI will help establish an assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AM&E) program for the Department of Defense. 

LMI Selected to Support HHS ASPR’s Countermeasures Acceleration Group

LMI has been awarded a two-year, $24 million contract to provide support to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Countermeasures Acceleration Group (CAG). 

Five Practices for Building Resilience: For You and Your Team

In the article “What Resilience Means, and Why It Matters,” Andrea Ovans describes resiliency as “the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and keep going in the face of adversity.” Resiliency is an essential component of dynamic leadership and critical for promoting a team’s well-being and performance and preventing burnout. The more challenging the environment, the more crucial it is—and our current work/life environment is more challenging than ever before.

Exciting Results Behind the Scenes of Account Reconciliation

LMI's Financial Operations and Accountability practice area has produced exciting results for the General Services Administration's National Rent Bill Office through our highly effective account reconciliation process.

Thomas McConnell

Tom McConnell supports Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program.

Raymond Compton

Ray Compton, a retired U.S. Army colonel, joined LMI in 2019 and serves as a principal for National Security Science & Technology, supporting internal and external LMI stakeholders in the strategic development of integrated solutions for capability gaps in national defense.

Randal Dragon

Prior to joining LMI in 2019, Randy Dragon acted in executive leadership and management positions in the United States Army, joint and multinational forces, and the defense industry.

Natalie Lieberman

Natalie leads LMI’s document production team of technical editors, proofreaders, desktop publishers, and 508 remediation specialists.

Melissa Wright

Melissa leads LMI’s engagement with components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Science and Technology Directorate, the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Maureen Merkl

Dr. Maureen Merkl, a registered nurse, came to LMI from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). There, she worked with severely injured, ill, or wounded post-9/11 service members to support their recovery, rehab, and transition from active duty to veteran status.

Marlise Streitmatter

Marlise leads LMI’s new normal practice, helping federal agencies transition to hybrid and remote operational models, integrate virtual technologies, and train supervisors to manage a highly engaged distributed workforce.

Employee Spotlight: Meet Corinne Tochman

"Innovation is always necessary to serve the customer because change is the only constant in life."

Strategies and Tactics for Engaging High, Medium, and Low Performers

Organizations with a positive team culture tend to have more engaged, higher performing employees. 

Innovation in VA Health

LMI delivers innovative health solutions for mission impact at the pace of need, enabling our federal health customers to thrive while adapting to modern mission needs.

Enterprise Agility

Employing an Agile mindset to accelerate organizational transformation, strengthen programs, and meet dynamic business needs. 

Thank You for Your Interest in LMI

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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

LMI helps customers adopt the latest capabilities and methodologies to advance the CWMD and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense missions.

Occupational Safety & Health

LMI helps federal agencies tailor OSH programs to unique missions, workforce requirements, and business processes. 

Forge™ Technology Studio: Prototypes

Our prototypes are shaping the nation of next. From developing a wearable integrated sensor platform (WISP) that drives decision-making to shaping solutions that streamline supply chains like LogSmart™ Supply, our work at the edge of possible reimagines mission capability. 

How We Innovate

Operating in an innovation ecosystem, we combine market-leading technical resources, strategic partnerships, and agile development capabilities to accelerate mission success. 

Jill Cahill

Ms. Cahill is an experienced resource management professional who served for 22 years as an Army Finance officer, contributing to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process for Headquarters, Department of the Army, and several subordinate Army commands.

Seven Key Steps to Creating an Accessible Workplace

In a globally aging population, with greater demands for digitization and connectivity, accessibility has never been more critical to consider and integrate in our daily work.

‘Tis the Season of Lame Duck Appropriations

It’s no surprise the federal government is operating under a continuing resolution (CR)—timely passage of appropriation bills has been a rarity for decades. The burning question is, what will happen when the current CR ends during this lame-duck congressional session?

LMI Selected to Support the Food and Drug Administration Business Operations, Optimization, and Modernization BPA

LMI will support the FDA through the BOOM BPA, in optimizing and modernizing its business operations to align with strategic priorities and increase the effectiveness of FDA organizations.

Christine Cocrane

Christine (Chrissy) leads a diverse practice of human, programmatic, scientific, and technological management consulting professionals. She is responsible for driving innovative and digitally enabled capabilities in the areas of business modernization, organizational transformation, workforce evolution and strategic analytics and insights, all to support a broad federal mission space.

Chris Badorrek, PhD

Chris has deep expertise in the areas of process development and current goods manufacturing for vaccines and therapeutics; DNA, RNA, and protein chemistry and modeling; bacteriology; retrovirology; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive sensor and device development; and novel materials for detection of chemical analytes at trace (parts per billion and trillion) levels.

How Guided Conversations Can Help Leaders with Challenging Topics and Result in Positive Actions

During difficult times, leaders must be front and center and address issues head-on to build organizational resilience. Staff members look to their leaders to show them how to navigate times of uncertainty and change. Being there for your staff members in challenging times is one of the most important things you can do to build team resilience and cohesiveness.

To Improve FEVS Scores, Take a Deeper Dive into the “eh”

Whether you’re managing a small office or an entire organization, look for ways to improve your Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) scores across the board — not just in the negative areas. Making incremental changes that are meaningful and measurable in all areas can help improve employee engagement and morale. However, to do so, you first have to uncover the underlying reasons for the scores.

Human Capital Analytics & the Workforce of the Future

Leveraging technology, psychology, and organizational design to find, attract, and retain the right people for your missions. 

Policy Planning & Operations

We excel at helping leaders leverage automated analytic solutions to expedite policy analysis and evaluation and quantify the effects of new regulations. 

Programmatic Efficiencies & Effectiveness

Our team delivers the insights, tools, people, and processes for lifecycle program management, planning, and operations support as well as full-scope financial solutions. 

Predicting Failure: Is the Government Finally Ready for Predictive Fleet Maintenance?

Our workshop brought together experts from government, industry, and academia to identify the past obstacles to progress and propose solutions.

Business & Digital Transformation

LMI takes customers on a tailored digital transformation journey, ranging from small digital enhancements to enterprise-wide transformations. 

Performance Optimization

At LMI, we’re creating innovative solutions to transform emerging needs into extraordinary outcomes at The New Speed of Possible™. 

How Value-Based Care Can Improve for Patients, Providers and Payers Post COVID-19

The federal government has focused on value-based care to increase efficiency in healthcare. Here’s what we must do to ensure the model’s success. 

Infrastructure Resilience

LMI helps federal agencies strengthen infrastructure resiliency with data-driven strategies that respect natural resources and support sustainability. 

LMI Partners with the Inclusion Channel

The LMI–Inclusion Channel partnership delivers an end-to-end DEIA training solution.

Technology Assessment Methodology and Tools for Federal Agencies

LMI’s Dawson Oslund discusses technology assessment methodology and tools for federal agency solutions.

LMI’s DEIA Maturity Model Helps Organizations Build on Strengths, Improve Weaknesses

The DEIA Maturity Model is used to assess an organization's current state of DEIA according to representation, opportunity, and buy-in.

Digital Twin

LMI uses digital twin technology to help government agencies obtain visibility, achieve situational awareness, and improve enterprise-wide decisions. 

Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution

Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution

To successfully return from remote to onsite work, managers will need to draw on all their leadership skills, including empathy, flexibility, and agility.

Managing Up to Achieve Success for You, Your Supervisor, and Your Organization

No matter your level, managing up is a soft skill that’s essential for getting things done, succeeding at your job, or getting promoted. Thousands of books have been written on this topic because our individual success not only depends on how well we do our jobs, or how we collaborate with our colleagues, or even how good we are at managing people under our own supervision, but also on how well we manage our relationships with the people above us. Easier said than done, right? That may be true, but there are several things you can do to help.

Mission Engineering

Integrating modeling and simulation, supply chain engineering, wargaming, and more, LMI harnesses more than 60 years of cutting-edge innovation and experience to enhance capabilities and technologies in support of our customers’ most challenging mission requirements. 

LMI Migrating the Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse to Advana

LMI has been awarded a 1-year, $1.5 million contract for a one-time data migration from the LMI-created Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse (MADW) to the Advana Data Warehouse for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

To Improve Federal Workplace Morale, Simple Civility Is Not Enough

Building an inclusive, positive work environment that enables cohesion and collaboration requires not just civility, but “active” civility. 

The Top 3 Strategies Every Leader Needs for a Successful Digital Transformation

Successful organizational change depends on leaders who can inspire innovation, create digital strategies, understand and lead an agile team, and leverage the power of standing-up new technology solutions while managing risks.

Operation Warp Speed

LMI provided expertise in planning, strategy development, tools, and techniques in coordination and support of Operation Warp Speed. 

LMI Increases Support to DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

LMI will provide CBRN subject matter expertise, program administration, interagency training exercises, medical operations, and information coordination services.

Employee Spotlight: Meet Ray Compton

Ray Compton, a retired U.S. Army colonel, joined LMI in 2019 and serves as a principal for National Security Science & Technology, supporting internal and external LMI stakeholders in the strategic development of integrated solutions for capability gaps in national defense. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Katherine Coles

Katherine is passionate about helping leaders and teams build inclusive cultures and achieve organizational goals.

Employee Spotlight: John Bogdan, Principal, Biology

John Bogdan, LMI biology principal, is a widely recognized leader and subject matter expert in vaccines and therapeutics for infectious disease. Discover how his love of science links his professional career of solving complex problems to his personal life and even as he mentors aspiring science students.

Demystifying the Annual Budget Process

We assist our federal customers in drafting compelling budget justification material for the President’s Budget and thorough responses to congressional inquiries.

Videos

Our videos highlight our mission-advancing solutions as well as our values of leadership, mission focus, and innovation in practice in our interactions with the community. 

Publications

LMI invests in research to benefit the public sector. We consider the many facets of the most-pressing issues, evaluate options, then publish our results to help public-sector leaders make well-informed decisions for the best results.

Blog

Engage with LMI thought leaders as they present timely insights, research and innovation, company news, culture stories, and perspectives on a variety of issues and topics.

Intelligence

Our strategic advisory services are coupled with innovative digital solutions to reduce the time to mission value for our customers. 

What We Do

Supporting missions that have shaped the nation since 1961, we apply long-standing expertise to create sustainable solutions. 

News & Events

Explore our press releases and events to find out what’s new at LMI.

Resources To Navigate the Age of COVID-19

Visit our resource center for the latest information and insights to help our federal clients navigate the age of COVID-19.

Newsroom

Explore our Newsroom to access our press releases, blog, publications, and more.

LMI History

With a legacy of solving the government’s most complex challenges and an outcome-driven model to execute above expectation, LMI transforms missions with solutions that define the new speed of possible. 

LMI Quick Thoughts Series

Our experts share their insights on challenges faced by the federal government in these brief videos.

Innovation Space

From Big IoT Data Streaming to our Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency, LMI's innovation space showcases our ecosystem of solutions.

Better Decisions Leveraging Existing Data: LMI’s Approach to Evidence Act Evaluations

LMI established and implemented tools and approaches to assist evaluations officers in scoring and selecting evaluation topics, creating annual evaluation plans, and executing discrete evaluations.

Press Releases

Explore our press releases to find out what’s new at LMI. 

About LMI

Combining a legacy of federal expertise with an innovation ecosystem, we minimize time to value and accelerate mission success. With an emphasis on agile development and human-centered design, we enable agencies to experience solutions faster and conquer their toughest challenges sooner. 

Cost Estimation Best Practices for Better Program Decisions and Outcomes

Beyond accuracy, program managers and decision-makers must understand the major tradeoffs to right-size programs and budgets for the best outcome for the American taxpayer.

Next-Level Program Management with Master Scheduling

Advanced programs have diverse milestones and end goals. Executives require an abstract, high-level summary of these elements while analysts need concrete, actionable details. A well-engineered and tailored schedule enables all stakeholders to access the appropriate information to achieve mission success.

Data Analytics Can Address the U.S. Substance Abuse Crisis

Substance abuse is on the rise in America, but the federal government has an opportunity to leverage data analytics for an effective response. 

Calculating Your Water Footprint to Improve Resilience

One way to calculate an organization’s water footprint is to literally measure the water used at a facility or series of facilities. But what happens when operations are far more complicated?

Countering Threats through Innovative Synergies

As a project leader at LMI, Joe Cartelli supports two Joint Enterprise Omnibus Program Engineering and Technical Support contracts by managing client relations and five delivery orders.

Accelerating Integrated Early Warning for DoD’s CBRN Defense

LMI delivered a rapid capability prototype that emulates new CBRN detection technologies in operational environments.

COVID-19: What Suppliers Can Do Now

How to stay strategic as the pandemic’s ripple effect grows.

Addressing Complex Problems

During his 30-year tenure at LMI, Bruce Kaplan has used his expertise in defense logistics and research and development to help LMI and its clients succeed. With a strong commitment to innovation and exceeding customer expectations, Bruce has led efforts to modernize logistics through finding, developing, and pushing pioneering technologies. Learn about Bruce’s role as a logistics strategy and integration fellow and his plans to continue making a positive difference at LMI.