Interview with OpenGovTracker @JessyKate
Sweet interview with OpenGovTracker.com @jessykate on “The Next Gov20 Awesomeness” Favorite
Project of the Week: Apps for Healthy Kids
GovLoop Founder Steve Ressler was able to catch up with the incredible and ever-awesome Amanda Eamich, Director of New Media at USDA, to ask her a few questions about a sweet new contest that they are hosting in tandem with the White House. Check it out! 1. For those that don’t know…what’s the elevator pitchRead… Read more »
New Employee Guide – Part 2 – The Rules
Part 2 – The Rules Past: Part 1 Next there are a number of informal and formal rules you will have to figure out quickly 1 – Time – Spend the first week figuring out when people generally get to work and leave work. How long people are taking for lunch, etc . While thereRead… Read more »
Blogging Live at Sunlight Foundation – Public Equals Online
Live blogging at Sunlight Foundation event. Public = Online Public Square project Google Public Works LabCato Institute Jose Antonio Vargas Jake Brewer of Sunlight doing kick-off… Brian – Pittsburg. Citizen platform Google Research – started as 20% effort. How hard to find voting locations. So they worked on it. -School comparisons – hard to doRead… Read more »
It’s a Boy! Introducing Isaac (aka “Baby K”)
It’s around midnight on St. Patrick’s Day 2010…the day that my first son was born! Please welcome Isaac Andrew Krzmarzick to the GovLoop family. Quick stats on the future fullback (“What broad shoulders!” the doctor remarked): – Born 2:07p ET, 3/17/10 – 8 lbs., 12 oz – 19.5 inches Mommy and Daddy are exhausted, butRead… Read more »
USA.gov Video Contest – Win $2500
Please spread the word. Win $2500. USA.gov Video Contest http://www.usa.gov/contest/rules.shtml Favorite
New Employee Guide – Part 1 – The Basics
5 Part Series for New Employees Your new to government and you are wondering…wow…what do I do now.. Any new job is a transition (especially a first job out of college) and government is no different. As such, here is the Mr. GovLoop 5 part guide to getting going…. Part 1 – The Basics ThereRead… Read more »
Top 5 – Ways to Handle a Boring Meeting
Top 5 – Ways to Handle a Boring Meeting I’m writing a little series on Top 5s. I’ll write my top 5s on various topics and I encourage you to write yours. Meetings can be super boring. Thus we need survival mechanisms. Here’s my top 5 survival mechanisms. 1 – Blackberry messenger – most GoviesRead… Read more »
GovGives: $5K Raised and A ‘Thank You’ from Antonia and the Triplets
As you know from our previous appeal and update, GovLoop rallied around David Broadwell and his family over the past couple weeks. We are pleased to announce that, on behalf of the GovLoop community, I visited the Broadwell family and presented a check for $5,000 to David and Antonia last week. They are a wonderfulRead… Read more »
Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in IC Community
Paper by Chris Rasmussen recently released via FOIA Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in the U.S. Intelligence Community View more documents from GovLoop. Favorite