As of late, I’ve become a huge fan of The Colbert Report. I am interested in politics and media, which are Stephen Colberts biggest targets for satire, and he does a great job at making both look absurd. The right-wing political pundit’s show is full of memorable quotes, such as “Democrats lead in all theRead… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek… where each week, 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.Read… Read more »
Please take a moment to participate in our online survey exploring bring your own device in government, survey link can be found here. Thank you! I’m conducting a research study, “Exploring Bring Your Own Device in Government.” Our study hopes to understand current trends with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives, identify best practices andRead… Read more »
The American Federation of Government Employees knows that the younger generation represents the future of America. It includes our future leaders, defenders, and workers for our democracy. As they approach their assimilation into the workforce, knowing the rights that are afforded to them are of utmost importance to protect them from exploitation. That is whatRead… Read more »
While despatched on a mission of digital mercy a few weeks ago Mr Briggs (of this parish) and I fell to comparing our computers. Or rather he fell to ridiculing my rather ancient Samsung laptop (seven years old I think, it doesn’t like to process video, original power supply fell apart and it now boastsRead… Read more »
The German credit rating company Schufa announced this week the plan to start a research project analyzing citizen data posted on Facebook to triangulate it with their credit rating. Schufa, a corporation that works for large credit card companies, banks, merchants, etc., collects information about their clients’ clients (you and I) and basically rates theirRead… Read more »
This Wednesday, June 6, several members of the AFGE Comm Squad attended the event “Celebrating 25 Years of Service: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi” at the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum. The event featured a moderated conversation with MSNBC’S Rachel Maddow and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who recently celebrated her 25th anniversary of congressional service. Pelosi is theRead… Read more »
I was having lunch with a friend who is the Assistant Deputy Director to the Deputy Assistant Director, after she came back from vacation. In a week off, she realized that many of the offices around hers are vacant, and that while once safely in the midst of the horde, she had been exposed byRead… Read more »
The private sector, as everybody knows, has clear and customer-friendly systems and services, because the customer is king. The public sector, on the other hand, revels in the obscure and incomprehensible because… well, just because. And so it was with a light heart that I set out to fix a security flaw in my printerRead… Read more »
In 2010 only 36 percent of adults voted in New York State. To increse participation in voting, the Voter Empowerment Act of New York has been introduced in the New York State Legislature. If enacted the legislation will: • Allow citizens to register to vote at more government agencies. • Allow 16- and 17-year-olds toRead… Read more »