Arizona’s Bat Man
Conservation is a group effort. Fortunately, this govie is bringing communities together to practice conservation and ensure our wildlife is here to stay.
Making the Case for a Second New Employee Orientation
The receiving office doesn’t has a responsibility for helping that new hire ‘hit the road running’ and helping that employee feel welcome. One way to do that? A second office-specific orientation.
How to Give Effective Performance Feedback
You can turn a soul-crushing performance appraisal into an opportunity to engage your staff. Make it an interactive conversation that energizes both you and your employee. My team and I have used the following format for performance feedback for over a decade. We use it for both glowing appraisals and tough reviews
Promoting a Workplace Cybersecurity Culture
Developing a truly effective cybersecurity culture requires that agencies take a deeper look at how they promote and enforce cybersecurity policies among their employees. With that in mind, here are five tips we’ve found beneficial for fostering a cyber-aware professional culture.
Journey of Discovery: Interview with Dr. Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist
Dr. Ellen Stofan joined me on The Business of Government Hour to explore her role, NASA’s science priorities, efforts at promoting science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, and space science successes. Here’s an overview of our conversation.
3 Steps to Cultivate Greater Accountability at Your Agency
Are there people in your organization that regularly break promises, violate expectations, or behave badly? Does a lack of accountability and a culture of indifference encourage this behavior and make others afraid to speak up?
What Your State Can Learn from GeorgiaGov Interactive
With digital innovation on the rise across the country, every state has a best practice or two to offer. Learn what Georgia is doing to better engage their citizens.
How Imagery Can Enhance Visualization and Analysis
Imagery analysis methods like change detection help provide critical data for environmental monitoring and natural resource management. Beach erosion, melting ice caps and forest fires are a few examples of the types of change detection analysis that imagery can support.
You’ve Built It, But They’re Not Coming
You’ve hosted open houses, you’ve ask questions on social media, you’ve created an online feedback form. But you’re still not getting the community engagement you want – and need. You’ve built it, but they’re not coming. Here’s what you might be missing.
Cloud SIN Continues to Rain Success
The Cloud SIN allows us to centralize and streamline access to cloud computing services that help meet federal, state, and local governments’ ever-evolving needs.