The Medium is the Messenger
Local governments’ use of instant messaging is often a one-way communication used to send alerts. While some issues can wait until regular office hours, some need to be addressed promptly or even immediately.
Local governments’ use of instant messaging is often a one-way communication used to send alerts. While some issues can wait until regular office hours, some need to be addressed promptly or even immediately.
Many employees err by assuming that only management and executive staff need to strive for greater emotional intelligence. Actually, fine-tuning emotional intelligence is for everyone.
Why does the government regularly commit to $200 million programs? The answer is due to risk aversion.
Providing effective government engagement is a top priority of most agencies. A person-centered approach creates a full picture of the individual, not just someone who is receiving services.
Changes in federal government keep coming fast. That’s why GovLoop gives you these monthly recaps of federal news that may affect agency management and employment.
Here are the most important skills that the best communicators have mastered. And the good news is that they are skills you can learn, too!
As things move forward, you may be surprised to learn that the foe of your daily accomplishments, sometimes known under the alias “red tape,” is going to serve as an integral system of checks and balances in all that transpires with any agency reorganization.
Just because summer is ending doesn’t mean that relaxation and self-care have to.
To establish a baseline view of how governments are using social media—and the results they’re seeing—we polled the GovLoop community of government professionals on a variety of topics.
Needless to say, service outages must be eliminated. They are disruptive and can cost government time, money and public trust. However, for government IT, eliminating service outages can prove especially challenging for three big reasons.