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• 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.…

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…

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• Turning data into decisions, it sounds obvious but for large organizations compiling, formatting and interpreting vast amounts of data can be almost impossible. But Army Lieutenant Colonel Bobby Saxon and his team have created a system that does just that for the Army. It's called Enterprise Management Decision Support System (EMDS). …

Turning data into decisions, it sounds obvious but for large organizations compiling, formatting and interpreting vast amounts of data can be almost impossible. But Army Lieutenant Colonel Bobby Saxon and his team have created a system that does just that for the Army. It's called Enterprise…

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• In 2010 the General Services Administration launched Challenge.gov. The idea was simple the site would house agency contests and competitions together in one place. But no one could have predicted the success. We check with GSA's Sheila Campbell and Karen Trembol.…

In 2010 the General Services Administration launched Challenge.gov. The idea was simple the site would house agency contests and competitions together in one place. But no one could have predicted the success. Now three years in, Challenge.gov…

I n order to be a great leader you have to be agile and open. Those are two things that don't lend themselves naturally to the Defense Department. The DoD is known for it's hierarchical culture, but that is changing, because the nature of war is changing. Now the DOD is facing opponents without…

Yesterday, there was a special edition of the DorobekINSIDER Live focusing on the Digital Government Strategy, One Year Later.  One year ago, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced the Digital Government Strategy that grew to include mobile, open data, and how to measure all of this…

A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER today. We're LIVE! It's the seventh time we’ve met and we are doing this at least once each month this year. The idea is simple: get smart people together and share ideas because we believe that the real power of information…

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• A couple of years ago it seemed you couldn't talk about government without thinking about dashboards. They were everywhere. But then the fad started to fade. But now with the emergence of big data and data analytics, dashboards are making a…

A couple of years ago it seemed you couldn't talk about government without thinking about dashboards. They were everywhere. But then the fad started to fade. 

But now with the emergence of big data and data analytics, dashboards are making a resurgence. 

Rick Hartman is the COO and…

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• In order for an agency to be innovative you have to empower your employees and leave room for failure. So which agencies are doing that effectively? Insights from the Innovation Index with Deloitte's Dan Helfrich. Click here for the full…

In order for an agency to be innovative you have to empower your employees and leave room for failure. So which agencies are doing that effectively? 

Dan Helfrich is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting. The…

"You hear people talk about the impact of the internet or mobile phones or social media but none of those words really capture what is going on. People today have enormous amounts of power in their phones, they are also connected to the internet at all times and that has real cascade ramifications in a lot of ways," said Nicco Mele.

Mele is the author of the new book,…

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• Becoming an innovator doesn't happen overnight, you need strong support from your leaders, an ability to take risks and budgetary support. Michigan's CIO David Behen and CTO Rod Davenport know all about implementing innovation. …

Becoming an innovator doesn't happen overnight, you need strong support from your leaders, an ability to take risks and budgetary support. Michigan's CIO David Behen and CTO Rod Davenport know all about implementing innovation. They recently been named as Government Technology's Top 25 in Technology for their work in Michigan. 

In part one of our discussion we talked about the hard truths of implementing a…

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER:

• The drumbeat of low morale, budget cuts and pay freezes portray a dark vision of federal workers and the federal space itself. But in reality there is excellence brewing at every agency. The Partnership for Public Service highlights some of those great stories in their annual Service to America Medals.…

The drumbeat of low morale, budget cuts and pay freezes portray a dark vision of federal workers and the federal space itself. But in reality there is excellence brewing at every agency. 

The Partnership for Public Service highlights some of those great stories in their annual Service to America Medals. The 31 finalists in…

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• April was another good month for the Thrift Savings Plan. How good? Insights from the Thrift Savings Plan Board's Kim Weaver. Click here for the full recap.

The…

April was another good month for the Thrift Savings Plan. How good? Kim Weaver is the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. 

She told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that every single fund was up in April.…