July 23, 2009, 2:03 pm Written by Ashlee Vance of New York Times Look out, lobbyists: Here come the open-source zealots. Some of the world’s largest technology companies have banded together in a bid to push open-source software on the United States government. They’ve formed a group called Open Source for America, which seeks toRead… Read more »
This is going to be a great project and we need the GovLoop community’s help. DHS is doing their 1st QHSR (quadrennial review) and wants to hear from the homeland security community to set the strategy. As part of that they are doing an online dialogue similar to the ones done by White House andRead… Read more »
The Partnership for Public Service and the Office of Personnel Management jointly sponsor the annual Effective Hiring Workshop series, which consists of 5 workshops a year on a variety of topics. We are planning one of these workshops (to be held in September 2009) to focus on federal agencies’ use of social media for recruiting.Read… Read more »
It’s Saturday and I’m recovering from a fantastic week. Quite superb. This week was GovLoop’s 1-year anniversary and I’ve been thinking for awhile how to mark the occasion. Well things started to come together in a number of awesome ways. On Tuesday in San Francisco, GovLoop teamed up with Gov 2.0 Club San Francisco toRead… Read more »
From our awesome Ask the Design Expert – Adam Harvey. A must watch on design and page length. Favorite
Led by John Barry at the US Office of Personnel Management, the Federal government intends to make significant strides toward streamlining the hiring process in the near term. In the meantime, intern programs remain one of the most effective ways for agencies to attract and get acquainted with potential employees. USAJobs.gov has a lengthy listRead… Read more »
A year has passed since I launched GovLoop with a simple idea that it would be great to have an online community of all the rockstars who work around government. So we could connect, share ideas, best practices, and have fun. Together we have building a brilliant community of over 14,000+ government innovators across theRead… Read more »
If you’re on Twitter, you may have seen some of the great tweets from @Amver like: -> Nigerian rebels kidnap 6 crewmembers from chemical carrier Sichem Peace -> Boating tips for watching fireworks from boats -> U.S. House passes piracy amendment; military guards to man certain ships/cargoes -> Iranian naval ship stops pirate attack inRead… Read more »
Last week’s GovLoop poll was “How Big is Your Training Budget?” I think it is an important question as Gov 2.0 evolves and there becomes more events (such as Gov 2.0 Summit and OGI) and training courses. How do we provide ways to bring people together online and offline to learn from experts and ourRead… Read more »
A couple months ago, I noticed a conversation on GovLoop regarding acquisition. Having spent the past ten years as a proposal writer that has responded to hundreds of Requests for Proposals on behalf of non-profit and educational institutions, I contributed six quick ideas to the discussion. Well, no good deed goes unpunished and those commentsRead… Read more »
