All Blog Posts Tagged 'Radio' (19)

I recently wrote on the coming of age of the "Digital Public Information Officer (PIO)" and how social media, digital volunteers, and organization is key.  (Find the original posting here: Considerations for the Digital Public Information Officer)  This sparked a lot of great conversation across…

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In an era of shrinking budgets and increasing demands for high-quality services, productivity improvement is critical to performance outcomes. How can public-sector organizations meet fiscal requirements while sustaining effective performance levels? Tune-in to FedCentral today on WFED 1500AM  at 10am to hear David Dye, Director, Federal…

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The Government Printing Office turned 150 years old this year. Did you know, GPO actually opened the day President Lincoln was inaugurated?

 

Federal News Radio has put together a cool multimedia series looking at GPO's history. Web editor and fellow GovLooper Jolie Lee was responsible for the project and it turned out great!

 

Definitely be sure to check out the audio…

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I had the opportunity recently to take Dream Talk Radio to Silicon Valley, for a very interesting conversation and multi-media event about e-government. E-government is the idea that advances in technology and information processing can be applied to help local, state, and national agencies be more efficient, responsive, and effective in the process of governing. It is…

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Jerry Davis, the current chief information security officer at NASA, is leaving the agency to join the Department of Veterans Affairs. The move had been widely rumored for months, but was just made official when Davis accepted the offer from the VA on Friday, Federal News Radio's Chris Dorobek has confirmed.

While NASA has its own share of cyber-security issues, the…

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If you happened to miss the Federal News Radio Book Club "meeting" about Daniel Pink's thoughtful book, DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us...



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Federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., area are open under an unscheduled leave policy according to the Office of Personnel Management.



The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Washington area from 10 a.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday.



Accumulations of 16 to 24 inches of snow are expected.



Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains how and why they've made the call.



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Since March of 2009, Gov 2.0 Radio has had conversations with scores of the incredible public and private sector evangelists, innovators and, yes, pragmatists who are making Government 2.0 happen. We're excited about talking to many more of you in 2010 and beyond.



Today marks the launch of a new look for Gov 2.0 Radio, thanks to Luke Fretwell of… Continue

Major changes are needed to make sure Americans are safe during a Presidential transition.

That's according to the Partnership for Public Service, which just wrote a new report Ready to Govern: Improving the Presidential Transition.

Read more here.

Forgive me my fellow GovLoopers for not posting in a few weeks! It's been a bit busy around Federal News Radio. But we've got some great stories I wanted to make sure you all saw. Our pay and benefits guru Mike Causey has been on a roll this past week breaking some news on various pay and personnel related issues.



He was at the Human Capital Management Forum where OPM Director John Berry discussed some changes to the personnel system that are under serious review - like eliminating… Continue

Cross-posted from Wired to Share - In a new book that applies systems thinking to complex government initiatives, "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon ... Getting Big Things Done in Government," authors Bill Eggers and John O'Leary describe the moment that a public initiative translates from design to reality - the moment of legislative passage - in scifi terms, as the… Continue

Linda Washington, LFCC Chairperson, was interviewed on The Federal Drive with anchors Tom Temin and Jane Norris. The Federal Drive is the morning drive show on Federal News Radio heard throughout the entire Washington Metro region at 1500 AM and in Frederick at 820 AM. Federal News Radio covers both the Federal Government and those who do business with the government concentrating on management, procurement, technology, security, policy and pay & benefits.



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Back in my days as a City Hall reporter, one of my very favorite things to do was the Comcast Citydesk Newshour show on local cable. Once a week, I’d get to chat live about politics and City Hall with some of The City’s top reporters, editorial writers and columnists. I was always rushing down to the TV studio in the Mission from my downtown office at The Examiner, and sometimes I’d arrive just in time to sneak in off camera and get miked up while show host Barbara Taylor was doing the… Continue

We are super excited for our series that will air all next week, 5 Fallacies of Government? From Oct. 19-23, Federal News Radio will take a look at five commonly held beliefs about the federal government and federal employees and try to figure out whether or not they are true. Even more exciting, we want to know what the GovLoop community thinks about these topics. Be sure to check out the discussion boards on the… Continue

From LocalGov20.com



For the next edition of Gov 2.0 Radio, Sunday 2/5 p.m. EST, we’ll be joined by Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and Marilyn Clark, a state Web manager and member of the Federal Web Managers Social Media Subcouncil. (Also both GovLoop members, FTW!)



Newmark, an uber-geek of world renown, resides in San Francisco and has become a leading advocate of personal democracy, media… Continue

On his first day in office, President Obama began acting on his campaign promise to “change the way Washington does business.” His first directive to agencies articulated a set of principles of how he wants the government to do its business: more transparency in how government does it work, more citizen participation via the Internet, and more collaboration within and between agencies as well as across… Continue

Yesterday many television stations made the switch over to Digital TV, even though the Federal Gov’t extended the deadline. Although I believe we are due for new and improved ways for technologies, especially TV and Radio. I feel bad for those under served areas/communities that still depend on an analog antenna and were not able to receive their converter box. Mostly I will miss the local CBS station being able to broadcast analog to the radio on the lower 87.x channels. I liked being able to… Continue

Had interview today with Federal News Radio on the role of the Chief Technology Officer.



Here are some key points:



1. The CTO is a subject matter expert on technology modernization, transformation and deployment of new technology in the agency.



2. The CTO is responsible to work with the lines of business and IT to ensure that technology is meeting the needs of customers, that enterprise… Continue

Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris interviewed Tom Kelly, my boss, and me today on their show Daily Debrief. Check it out: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/emedia/134135.mp3



Thanks Chris and Amy, as well as Steve and everyone on GovLoop who has helped promote the contest. I promise to do a follow-up blog entry soon. The winning video is on EPA's website, here on GovLoop,… Continue