On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sometimes you can’t choose your supporting cast. You have to manage what you have and make the best of it. Managers sometimes inherit employees they don’t know how to develop and they must work directly with peers they don’t mesh with. But the best leaders will always find a way toRead… Read more »
I am pleased to announce the final mentor pairings in GovLoop’s 2014 Mentor Program. What began with 500 applications for this year’s cohort was narrowed to 70 Finalists through a competitive selections process. The pairings shown below represent just over 40 pairings that are the result of proactive mentees reaching out and establishing a matchRead… Read more »
After sending resume after resume hopelessly into the digital ether, you finally land an interview. Success! All that’s left for you to do is to put on a blazer, nail the interview, and pop the celebration champagne. Easy, right? Unfortunately, snagging the interview is the easy part. Attending the interview and making a good firstRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The wearable tech craze has begun. A new Pew Internet report revealed that wearables will have a major impact on our everyday lives over the next decade. So what about government? Chris Dorobek and his panel of DorobekINISIDER’s discussed the ins and outs of government wearables on a special edition ofRead… Read more »
We’ve written many times on GovLoop that more and more citizens and stakeholders are interacting with public sector organizations online. And recently, we’ve seen examples of very impressive websites, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to New York City, that are effectively communicating more information with less clutter. But there is an important opportunity thatRead… Read more »
A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER was held Wednesday. We’re LIVE! We host these events once each month this year. The idea is simple: get smart people together and share ideas — because we believe that the real power of information comes when it is shared. LISTEN TO THE ARCHIVE The wearable tech craze hasRead… Read more »
Young Government Leaders (YGL) and GovLoop present the NextGen Public Service Awards for superior public service and achievement. The 4th Annual NextGen Public Service Awards will be given at the 2014 NextGen Award’s Ceremony, which will kick off the NextGen Training Summit on July 23rd in Washington, DC. We have 18 finalists in six differentRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: When things go wrong, and they inevitably do, who is accountable? Who should take the blame? Who is responsible for sharing the bad news? We get insights with Tom Fox. The SEVEN stories that impact your life New York Times: House Panels Looking Into I.R.S.’s Claims of Lost Emails- The I.R.S.Read… Read more »
It’s been more than eight months since CNN and the Arizona Republic began reporting about veterans dying while they were waiting for medical services—in some cases, on secret lists that clinics were maintaining to hide the long delays from authorities in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since then, Secretary Eric Shinseki has stepped down, bonusesRead… Read more »
“I like your creativity and where this is going, but…” It doesn’t even matter what your boss says next—she’s already decided that your idea is awful. Your fate was sealed the moment she uttered ‘but.’ The praise before that dreaded conjunction does nothing to soften the blow. As the old adage goes, everything before theRead… Read more »