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Philadelphia has hired its first ever Director of Civic Technology. The role is part of the CIO's and the Mayor's overall plan for innovation management in Philadelphia. 

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Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. …

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• Does big data really matter? TechAmerica's new survey says a resounding yes. We go over the pros and cons with TechAmerica's president Jennifer Kerber. Click here for the full recap.…

Does big data really matter? TechAmerica's new survey says a resounding yes. 

"We found there is a lot of potential for big data. The government could save up to 10% a year. 10% is no joke, that is about $380 billion a year," said Jennifer Kerber. …

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• The Government Accountability Office has looked at the growing number of cybersecurity threats facing our nation. And it's no small number. The GAO says the increase in cyber attack reported to CERT in the last 6 years has grown by 782%. There were 5,500 incidents in 2006, last year there were 48,000. …

The Government Accountability Office has looked at the growing number of cybersecurity threats facing our nation. And it's no small number. The GAO says the increase in cyber attack reported to CERT in the last 6 years has grown by 782%. There were 5,500 incidents in 2006, last year there were 48,000.

So what is with the explosion of cyber-attacks and how is the federal government…

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• Facebook gets a new newsfeed. That's great for the average user, but how will the new newsfeed impact government's social media outreach. Click here for the full recap.…

"Facebook announced a redesigned News Feed--a radical makeover of their core product at the heart of their homepage. The big changes are easy to spot. The feed is now a unified design between desktops and mobiles, its images are bigger, and every bit of information is more personalized at the user’s end," said Mark Wilson. 

That's great for the average user, but how will the new…

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• Crowdsourcing solutions for government problems through coding competitions. Sounds cool right? And it’s making a big difference. But some in government are slow to pick up the trend. We talk about with TopCoder. …

Last week we told you about TopCoder. (You can access the entire interview here). But basically TopCoder is member based group of more than 460,000 coders from around the world, that harnesses the power of crowd-sourcing to achieve goals. …

On the DorobekINSIDER this week:

• Sequestration Fixes Could Still Hurt Feds? What Are They? Sequestration carries the threat of widespread furloughs of many federal employees, but the alternatives could amount to a case of pick your poison for those same feds. Some of the solutions include cuts…

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• Sequestration is a monumental loss of government productivity and further erodes what the government is supposed to be doing," said UMD Public Policy Dean, Don…

The sequestration rollercoaster continues to chug along. "So now it's time to buckle up."

"Now that everyone has to implement sequestration, it is taking an inordinate amount of time, because they have to figure out what it (sequestration) is, because we've never really done it before. And a lot people…

 The DorobekINSIDER Sequestration reader: Day 5 -- Snowquestration

• Sequestration is here, and it's here to stay for at least a little while. And this new reality has created some major management challenges for government leaders. So how do you manage through the uncertainty? Insights from the …

Sequestration is here, and it's here to stay for at least a little while. And this new reality has created some major management challenges for government leaders. 

So how do you manage through the uncertainty?

Tom Fox is the Vice President for Education and Outreach at the Partnership for Public…

Government is full of the best and the brightest, in fact, you might argue that the world's foremost scientist, engineers, topic experts all reside in government. So why is it so difficult to make progress?

"It's a pocket of excellence issue," said Richard Spires, CIO, DHS, " he told the crowd assembled at the…

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• Sequestration carries the threat of widespread furloughs of many federal employees, but the alternatives could amount to a case of pick your poison for those same feds. We go over the alternatives with the Post's Eric Yoder. Click here for the full…

Sequestration carries the threat of widespread furloughs of many federal employees, but the alternatives could amount to a case of pick your poison for those same feds. 

Eric Yoder is a staff writer at the…

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• Budget cuts, scandals and travel restrictions have caused the General Service Administration to cancel their 2013 Expo. We talk with Larry Allen about the impacts of the cancelled conference. Click here for the full recap.…

More than 109,000 people have pledged to stay home this week. It's all part of National Telework Week. The 3rd annual experiment allows agencies to test telework strategies for one week. …