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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…

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…

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• 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,…

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• 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…

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• 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.…

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• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder believes technology can transform government but how it works and how it interacts with its citizens. The men behind that transformation is the CIO David Behen and CTO Rod Davenport. They sat down with …

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder believes technology can transform government. It’s state CIO David Behen’s job to turn the…

Sunday marks the official start to the Congressionally recognized Public Service Recognition Week. The annual celebration of federal employees and the work they do. …

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• A few weeks ago we talked with Deloitte's Dan Helfrich about how feds view their leaders. To be frank, it isn't positive. So how do senior execs feel? Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service are back with …

A few weeks ago we talked with Deloitte's Dan Helfrich about how feds view their leaders. To be frank, it isn't positive. Check out the recap here. So how do senior execs feel?

Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service are back with another survey to…

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• The Centers for Disease Control have launched a new app - Solve the Outbreak - to help teach people about disease outbreaks. The interactive game allows users to track, solve and prevent future outbreaks. Find out why they've turned to gamification for education. …

The Centers for Disease Control have launched a new app - Solve the Outbreak - to help teach people about disease outbreaks. The interactive game allows users to track, solve and prevent future outbreaks. 

Alex Cassanova is the Innovations Team Lead at the CDC. He told Chris Dorobek on the…