Tomorrow is Veterans Day and we’re all thinking about the significant sacrifice that our soldiers make every day. Federal Diary columnist Joe Davidson at the Washington Post suggests that one of the best ways we can truly honor them is to put them at the top of the pile for jobs: How to truly honorRead… Read more »
The Smarter Cities Challenge, launched in 2010, is a 3-year IBM Corporate Citizenship initiative to allow up to 100 cities around the world to become become smarter, more enabled centers. The goal of the challenge is to create an environment where cities around the world can learn from one another and partner up to addressRead… Read more »
No agency is an island, or a planet for that matter, so let’s talk about what best practices we can learn from others who are building communities and making it happen! ———————————————— Ever want to be a fly on the wall? How about a fly on the wall in a NASA space lab as theyRead… Read more »
As a social media fanatic who is always in front of my computer, I can’t help but feel anxious while on a plane at the thought of all that I am missing out on GovLoop, Twitter, and Facebook during those 2-4 hours of my life that I am disconnected at an altitude of 35,000 ft.Read… Read more »
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************************************************************** Most organization have an off-site team meeting at some point. They are often used as strategy sessions and team-building sessions among other goals. Recently, we held the 1st ever GovLoop team off-site. Here are my tips on hostingRead… Read more »
****************************** Not a GovLoop Member? JOIN HERE! ****************************** A couple weeks ago, I met Timothy Cole, an auditor in the US Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). He shared with me a pretty cool crowd-sourcing project they launched recently, called “Office of Inspector General Audit Project Pages.” My interview with him isRead… Read more »
According to the Middletown Press, the American Heart Association states that although one in three females in the United States have some form of cardiovascular disease, only 21% of women view heart disease as a health threat. This year, Aetna and two of it’s top executives, Kay Mooney and Deanna Fidler, will lend a bigRead… Read more »
Last week, GovLoop featured an excellent review of the U.S. Army’s Facebook Landing page. For the Army, Facebook is a great way to keep families and friends informed of their latest activities, and serves as a superb recruitment vehicle. It also keeps families connected while men and women in uniform are away from home, asRead… Read more »
Cool Gov 2.0 radio show with Brooks Bennett of Round Rock, Texas Round Rock jelly co-working group -meet at coffee shop every Friday -bloggers, independent web developers, creative folks -if doing municipal work, find others in your area -those are folks consuming information Round Rock, TX -1 person development staff Mobile site -News -Calendar -FAQRead… Read more »
Picture this: you go to a networking event, not know a single person, and for a few moments, feel pretty awkward. The conversations around you are buzzing, and you head straight for the bar, so as to give the appearance you know what you’re doing. Of course, you don’t know what you are doing (yet),Read… Read more »