Back in 2010, the White House launched Challenge.gov, a platform provided by the GSA that gave federal agencies the opportunity to create contests aimed at increasing public participation in the federal government. The idea of soliciting citizen input certainly isn’t a new one—state, local, and national governments have been using paper forms, websites, and (now)Read… Read more »
It’s the end of January – are you fit yet? Me neither. In fact, across the nation, the wave of new gym members has waned and the post-resolution blues have firmly set in for most of us. Rather than getting discouraged, my co-workers and I are together finding ways to build healthier choices into our dailyRead… Read more »
Imagine a world in which you’re driving to work one day and get rear-ended. It’s completely the other person’s fault. You both pull over and you quickly get out your phone. You navigate to an online form, fill in your information, tag your GPS location, snap a picture of the damage, and hit submit. TheRead… Read more »
For the past four days, I have been battling an invisible foe – the norovirus. Since absolutely no one wants to hear about the aliments and side effects of the stomach bug, I will spare you the grisly details. You’re welcome. But I did actually learn some surprising things while I was battling the virusRead… Read more »
Nominations are open for the Shorty Awards, which celebrates innovative and creative content on social media—including the best in government and politics. Dubbed the “Oscars of social media,” the Shorty Awards recognize winners in categories that change from year to year as social media trends come and go. For several years, some variation on the Best in Government andRead… Read more »
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. ~ Hank Aaron At the beginning of my career, I was young, enthusiastic, and excited about my future as a federal employee. Now, I findRead… Read more »
I met a fellow govie recently, and when I told him that I work in digital media accessibility, he said, “OMG, I could not review code all day, every day!” Well…neither could I, and although that’s what most people think we accessibility peeps do, that’s not the case. I may or may not look atRead… Read more »
Also no surprise, the business community, whether private sector or government-based, tends to focus on the knowledge, skills and abilities related to job performance or career development. But rare is the job advertisement that warns: Successful applicants should be prepared to remain seated for biologically unnatural periods of time.
I’m having a rough year as a sports fan. And to put the final nail in the coffin on a bad sports season, my least favorite team in all professional sports, the New England Patriots, have once again found their way into the Super Bowl. I want to make one thing clear: I have noRead… Read more »
Imagine a world where every individual in every organization on any device can run any operating system. Seems unlikely, right? Well, that far-stretched world is here, the one we’re currently living in, and in the recent GovLoop online training, “The Real Journey to the Cloud,” expert panelists discussed the five actors of the cloud and their cross-cuttingRead… Read more »