Cultivating Innovation: 10 Ways to Change the Rules of the Game
Unlike upgrades or process improvements, innovations insert themselves into the game in order to change the rules of the game, not just play the game better.
What the Legal Entity Identifier Means for Financial Regulation and Open Data
Currently, there is no electronic way to aggregate all the information that a company reports to the government — even if the information is publicly available. But the rise of legal entity identifiers (LEI) could change that and transform financial regulation for the U.S. government and around the world.
Applying Clustering to Streamline Data Analysis
The practical applications of clustering are vast. With the ability to identify groups in the data based on their shared characteristics, future customers, employees and stakeholders can be marketed and delivered products and services that are most likely to be pertinent to their specific needs.
How Workforce Management Tools Help in a Disaster
This blog post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide, Understanding State and Local Government. Download the full guide here. Wildfires, tornados, snowstorms – when disaster strikes, first responders are the first to rush to the scene. However, making sure the right first responders are in place is imperative to a government’s successful response to a disaster.Read… Read more »
Predicting and Reducing Crime with Data Analytics
No police department has the manpower to be everywhere at all times. That’s why police officers in Norcross, Georgia, are using predictive analytics to determine the most probable locations where crimes might occur.
5 Steps to Start Using DevOps
This post is an excerpt from our recent “Guide to DevOps in Government“. The full guide is available for download at this link. Once you understand the value of DevOps, how do you get started? Especially if your teams work in strict silos, without tools to foster collaboration, you might be overwhelmed at the prospect ofRead… Read more »
10 Resources to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Here are our 10 favorite resources for improving your public speaking skills (none of which involve imagining everyone in their underwear).
When to Stay at or Leave a Job
When should you start considering leaving your current job and start looking for a new job?
Nominate a Coworker for the NextGen Public Service Awards
Since 2010, the NextGen Public Service Awards have recognized exemplary public sector leaders for their dedication to improving and invigorating government. Do you have a coworker who consistently goes the extra mile in their job? Someone who championed an innovative idea? Someone who led a project to success? Nominate your peers for the 2016 NextGenRead… Read more »
Bridge the Gap between HR and IT to Drive Growth
A host of new technologies aimed at the government sector have CIOs asking themselves: “How can we leverage these technologies to drive our talent and mission goals forward?” The answer lies in building up the relationship between IT and HR departments.