4 Ways to Know You Found The Right Mentor
I never thought of myself as any kind of role model, but that changed once my mentor began to make me see myself in a different light.
5 Ways That a Manager = Teacher
What I didn’t realize before starting my first managerial position was how much the role of a manager equals teacher.
Go Slow to Go Fast: Getting a Handle on Time
Time is a funny thing. We sing about it, wanting to save it in a bottle and wondering if anyone really cares. It’s part of our daily lexicon. There’s no time like the present. That was time well spent. Most often, we want to know, “Where does time go?”
Challenges to Becoming Data-Driven
Government agencies face three major challenges to becoming data-driven organizations: silos and lack of alignment, technology gaps and an inability to derive value from this data deluge.
OPM Starts Assessing Pay Grades of Federal Employees
Assessment of federal employees’ pay grades has already begun at OPM. The review will consider locality and other pay grades that have been adjusted to higher levels
Maximizing Employee Engagement in the Public Sector
Leading others in the public sector offers a different set of challenges than traditional business environments.
Combating California Breaches with Multi-Factor Authentication
California is the king of innovation, from the earliest ventures in filmmaking to today’s Silicon Valley technologies. So it’s not surprising that California has been at the vanguard of cybersecurity, being the first state to enact a breach data notification law in 2003.
Want a Reward? Win an Award
Does your department do amazing work, yet you feel like there’s rarely any acknowledgement of your accomplishments? What about your team? Your boss? Or you?
Back to Basics: State and Local Gov Edition
Need to brush up on your state and local government facts? Check out this quick primer for the basics on the structures, workforce, budgets, and technology.
Leveraging Behavioral Science to Drive Behavior Change
How can government actually effect change and convince people to do the things they need them to do?