FY 2017 Budget Takes Evidence Agenda to Scale
President Obama’s final budget puts a stake in the ground for his long-running agenda to inject the use of data and evidence into budget, policy, and operational decisions.
In the World of Data Analytics, Speed Is Everything
For a growing number of agencies, the answer to powering their data analytics operations has come in the form of flash storage, which can be a more cost-effective and efficient alternative to the legacy disk storage agencies have traditionally used.
Social Media Action Plans: Where There’s a Plan, There’s a Way
Social media can’t happen in a vacuum. We are way past that phase. Bake it into your everyday work, and plan accordingly. Where there’s a plan, there’s a way.
4 Steps to Better Application Performance
For governments seeking to improve their application performance, here’s a proven approach to achieve those results..
IT Transitions Meet Challenges
Why IT modernization and consolidation efforts can create challenges.
How to Tell a Story with Analytics
You might not think of data as raw material for storytelling, but remember, those metrics aren’t just numbers — they represent information about your customers. If you can figure out your customers’ stories, you’ll learn what you need to know to provide them with the best overall experience.
Homepage Real Estate; or, Battle of the Bulletin Board
Four rules of engagement for homepages.
3 Ways to Develop Millennials into the Next Generation of Government Leaders
Faced with tight budgets and competition from the lucrative and perk-heavy private sector, government leaders are seeking new ways to engage with the mobile and social generation that is Millennials. Government agencies should explore three key strategies for attracting, retaining and developing the next generation of government talent.
Why You Should Include Men in Conversations about Women in Gov
We talk about the need to include more female voices in government all the time. Obviously, we think it’s important. That’s the point of GovFem, after all. What we don’t talk about as often is what role men have in the dialogue of women’s advancement. Granted, there are a few campaigns out there that recognizeRead… Read more »
How Data Can Make A Difference
Think back to when you were in school. You would approach your final exam thinking, “How on earth am I going to digest a semester’s worth of information for this one test?” But you hopefully figured out that mass information had to be broken down into smaller categories. Without some semblance of organization, information canRead… Read more »