Love this blog post from the gov.uk team on how to scale agile – it’s a great long article with practical tips based on using agile methodology to build gov.uk site Check out the full article but here are their top 7 tips: 1) Be agile with agile 2) Growing fast is hard 3) Don’tRead… Read more »
The mandate has been set- consolidate at least 1200 government data centers by the end of 2015. With this, government organizations are tasked with driving data center efficiency, consolidation, and if possible, shifting workloads to the cloud. We know data center consolidation can reduce costs, improve operational efficiency and provide more flexibility across your agency,Read… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The six-month old program is starting to get some traction. So can Portfolio Stat and can it really make a difference at your agency? Click here for full recaps. But up front: Election 2012 — it is just about over. Early voting has been going on… and come 11p ET Tuesday,Read… Read more »
The six-month old program is starting to get some traction. So can Portfolio Stat and can it really make a difference at your agency? Andrew McMahon is a senior advisor at the Office of Management and Budget and PortfolioStat lead. He was a panelist at the October Affirm breakfast moderated by the DorobekINSIDER’s Chris Dorobek.Read… Read more »
The numbers are impressive- 90% of the data in our world was created in the past two years and 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. Basically big data is a big deal and is here to stay. Government organizations are quickly realizing this and the immense benefits, namely reduced costs, operational efficiency,Read… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop InsightsIssue 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. And,Read… Read more »
I’ve been watching the launch of Gov.uk and there’s lots of really interesting elements they’ve included in the design. One of my favorites is their Gov.UK performance dashboard Couple items I like: 1) Shows real recent overall web traffic and puts it in a context 2) Shows comparison traffic to other agency web sites –Read… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: November 5th. That’s the day would-be Presidential Management Fellows can begin their applications for the prestigious program. The highly competitive and very thorough application process is incredibly hard to successfully navigate. But we here at GovLoop are here to help. Click here for the full recap. But First: What the roleRead… Read more »
November 5th. That’s the day would-be Presidential Management Fellows can begin their applications for the prestigious program. The highly competitive and very thorough application process is incredibly hard to successfully navigate. But we here at GovLoop are here to help. Our team in partnership with the Robertson Foundation for Government, have designed an interactive guide,Read… Read more »
The Presidential Innovation Fellows team working on RFP-EZ launched a sneak preview last week. It’s a great overview of the project, why it’s needed, and what they are building. Check it out below