Gross National Product vs. Gross National Happiness
We are one of the richest nations in the world yet we are not the happiest. We have tripled our GNP since 1960 yet our happiness levels have barely moved.
FirstNet for Volunteer Fire – Bring Your Own Device
There is a wide array of applications available for mobile devices, and FirstNet will open the doors for more innovation geared toward public safety applications.
Cool New Features on GovLoop
This year, we’ve been busy behind the scenes adding some cool new features to GovLoop.com. Make sure to check out these new features and let me know if you have other ideas to make GovLoop more useful for you in the comments! Favorite a blog post (and save to profile): Use the new “Favorite” buttonRead… Read more »
The Department of Transportation’s Road Map for Cloud Adoption
Developing an effective cloud computing strategy can be challenging. Department of Transportation’s (DoT) James Jones offers some insight into DoT’s strategy, processes, and challenges in their journey to the cloud.
How One Commerce Agency Improved Services on a Budget
Budgets aren’t getting any bigger, but agencies must find creative ways to stretch their dollars and improve services to internal and external customers. Joe Paiva, Chief Information Officer at the International Trade Administration (ITA), knows this reality all too well.
How Do You Connect With Your Hardest to Reach Customers?
How do we reach the young and mobile, the recently deployed, and the skeptical? At the Census Bureau we have a few outreach strategies that may also work for other government agencies.
Driving A Digital Government Transformation
The private sector has done amazing things in the digital sphere, personalizing customers’ experiences and providing interactive services. However, this has set a high bar for government services.
7 Steps to Cloud Adoption at FCC
To manage the vast and ever-changing demand on the FCC’s IT services, the agency has turned to hybrid cloud. And to deploy that cloud model, Deputy CIO Skudlarek explained how the department followed a methodical seven step plan of adoption.
Under CISA, Information Sharing Is Caring—If You Do It Right
Securing sensitive data against the sheer number of cyberthreats is an impossible task for a single organization. It’s akin to sending one soldier to battle against an army of millions. In an effort to strengthen the nation’s defense against cyberthreats, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015… Read more »
Unconscious Bias in the Government
Government at all levels needs to recognize, address and manage the ways unconscious bias negatively influences the work culture.