Have Fun and Celebrate Public Service with a 5K Run / Walk on May 5

To kick off this year’s Public Service Recognition Week, there will be a Public Service 5K Run / Walk in Washington, DC. Details for the event are below. *********************************** Date: May 5, 2013 Start Time: 8:00 a.m. Location: Anacostia Park, Washington, DC Description: To kick off PSRW 2013, government employees, their families and friends, andRead… Read more »

Making Good Economic Decisions with Stats – Plus Your Weekend Reads

Every friday here on the DorobekINSIDER we try and take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Today we are talking about making better decisions by using statistical models. Jeff Grover is the author of the book Strategic Economic Decision Making. He told Chris Dorobek that using stats in your decision making processRead… Read more »

First Furloughs Go Into Effect – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: In our DorobekINSIDER Live panel Dr. Ted Smith said for citizen engagement to really be successful you don’t have to start the conversation, you just have to join it. Sequestration: Day 49 We had a great conversation Wednesday focusing on citizen engagement — and the challenges of engaging citizens in theRead… Read more »

How are you preparing to transition from Windows XP in 2014?

Last week on Microsoft’s Security Blog, Tim Rains reminded Microsoft XP users that in less than one year, Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP. Rains walked through some of the important security implications for customers, and what the changes mean for users. As Microsoft products typically cycle through three phases (active product, extended support,Read… Read more »

5 Benefits of Leveraging ECM and GIS Technology

One of the lessons learned from our recent report, Crafting a Comprehensive Digital Government Strategy, was that agencies need to develop strategies to scale services and leverage existing technology within the agency. In many cases, agencies can identify new insights and improve workflows by leveraging existing technologies. One example is how agencies can leverage enterpriseRead… Read more »

Digital Communications Tour: Government Communications Panel

This morning I attended GovDelivery’s Digital Communications Tour in Washington D.C. This half day event, part of a multi-stop tour, is the place to learn best practices and strategies on government communications and digital government from public sector experts. Speakers included Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop, Scott Burns, CEO and co-Founder of GovDelivery, Tim Fullerton,Read… Read more »

Digital Communications Tour: Driving Mission Impact with Government Communications

This morning I attended GovDelivery’s Digital Communications Tour in Washington D.C. This half day event, part of a multi-stop tour, is the place to learn best practices and strategies on government communications and digital government from public sector experts. Speakers included Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop, Scott Burns, CEO and co-Founder of GovDelivery, Tim Fullerton,Read… Read more »

Digital Communications Tour: Doing More with Less

This morning I attended GovDelivery’s Digital Communications Tour in Washington D.C. This half day event, part of a multi-stop tour, is the place to learn best practices and strategies on government communications and digital government from public sector experts. Speakers included Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop, Scott Burns, CEO and co-Founder of GovDelivery, Tim Fullerton,Read… Read more »