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All politicians talks about their support for and the importance of small businesses. Every campaign season I hear new candidates and incumbents talk about lowering taxes and creating a one stop center to make life better for small businesses. Very few government officials go beyond this lip…

On Saturday, June 1, New York City will hold its first CityCamp and NYC BigApps Demo Night! This is one day to celebrate and explore NYC’s civic technology community — hack, polish, and learn!

As part of National Day of Civic…

For National Day of Civic Hacking, Chicago will play host to three separate events. The first is the ChicagoMigraHack, a hackathon focused on the problem of immigration. The second event will be a youth focused hackathon at the Adler Planetarium. And finally, there will be an…

Answer:  When they do so in the capacity of a union representative: http://washington-dc.tullylegal.com/news/john-mahoney-appears-on-federal-news-radio-may-22-2013/ 

Actually, this is PART II of Trainers Who Talk, Talk, Talk with Nothing to Say…

A good example of a blog that ran away with itself, or a writer who lost control or became too passionate. It started as a way of demonstrating…

The following is a post that I wrote with colleague Jim Reidy that originally appeared in…

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On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• The White House is ushering a new normal when it comes the federal government's data. The new policy is forcing agencies to make data accessible and open. We go over the new openness plan with the Sunlight's policy director, John Wonderlich.…

I find this stuff so you don’t have to:

• John Lanchester: Google Glass
• Opinionated Infrastructure: ‘Pon the Floor, Impact, MobileFirst and Zend
• More information on Networked Councillor…

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In the first week of June, I’ll be attending XJamGov, a global service jam event which will be hosted at County Hall in Exeter and organised…

The White House is ushering a new normal when it comes the federal government's data.

The administration's new policy and executive order are the forcing functions to make data accessible and open that has been missing over the last…

Warning:  Read with care. The thoughts shared below are not intended for everyone. The ideas that follow are meant for local government public officials and career professionals who really want to make a difference.

People often comment on the significant accomplishments I have made in my life.  Though I am not sure any of my accomplishments are…

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The FOSE convention was held this month, and I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the future of the workforce—specifically how technology is changing the work environment and will enable people to succeed within it.

There were four technologies that I saw as coalescing to transform the workplace: Mobility, meaning both the end-devices that people use, but also the infrastructure (more wifi, better security for information) they run…

Have a great idea to improve your city? Want to flex your creative and/or techie muscles? Want to spend two days networking, collaborating and maybe win some cash?



CityCamp NC, an event to promote citizen participation and innovation, will be held on May 30-31 at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on the NC State University Campus in Raleigh. CityCamp NC will be followed by a National Day…

Federal Disability Workforce Consortium to Present "The News Hour" Webinar — May 22, 2:00-3:00 PM EST

• "The News Hour" is a free webinar series from the Federal Disability Workforce Consortium (FDWC) that shares information related to the employment of individuals…

When we think of learning by cultural immersion, many of our minds jump to study abroad programs and foreign language courses.  But we were struck by Steve Seeche’s recent blog post on his new opportunity to learn about one side of the gun control debate through a different kind of immersion – taking a gun safety course from a second amendment group.  Below is the first installment of Steve’s reflections on his experiment in dialogue, which will be followed soon by an update after on he…

The last month I've given a talk entitled "Do More with Less"in a number of cities across the country.  In the talk, I offer 13 ways agencies can "Do More with Less."  

What's interesting is the #1 most popular idea I present is always "Fire the C Team"

My simple thinking is this:  We can no longer afford to keep unproductive…

On June 1, citizens in nearly 100 cities will be hosting events to celebrate the National Day of Civic Hacking. Organized through a cross-sector coalition, this day is a galvanizing moment for our ongoing movement to call citizens into action to help their cities work better through technology.…

I’ve been thinking a bit too much lately about GitHub and Drupal.org. More broadly, I’ve had my mind on open source + community. Sometimes this is called social coding. Social coding can take on a variety of shapes and sizes but is short-hand for what I can describe as loosely coupled, sometimes…