Bright Spots in Government: VA Acquisition Academy’s Program Management Fellows Initiative

GovLoop and Integrity Management Consulting are proud to present a 12-part series called “Conscientious Contracting: A Thoughtful Approach to Acquisition and Program Management,” that aims to address common challenges and achieve new efficiencies in government procurement. In a recent GovLoop survey of acquisition professionals, seven out of ten respondents said the most important factor forRead… Read more »

How Do You Manage Millennials? Inspire, Adapt, Accept? – Insights from the NextGen Summit

Last week GovLoop was proud to co-host the Next Generation of Government Training Summit with Young Government Leaders. More than 500 young government professionals descended on the JW Marriott for a two day training summit that featured over 100 speakers. For anyone in attendance there was one thing that was crystal clear, these young peopleRead… Read more »

Sequester Beyond 2014, Spells Trouble for DOD – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Solving complex problems takes creativity. That’s a given. But harnessing creativity can be a challenge. One way to tap into that reservoir is to remember how you acted when you were a kid. Kids are disruptive, destructive and fun. That’s the perfect formula for innovation, you have to be willingly toRead… Read more »

What Kids Can Teach Us About Work – NextGen’s Jeff Freeland Nelson

Solving problems takes creativity, especially in an era of diminished resources and evaporating budgets. One of the most creative people you have ever met is you – a few decades ago. Thinking like a kid can spur innovation, uncover unexpected solutions and make the most mundane work fun. “Kids are the most constructive and destructiveRead… Read more »

Getting Your Employees to Think Creatively

We spend a lot of time talking about innovation in government. In a time of budget cuts and sequestration, it is essential to improve government services and meet rising citizen expectations. In the private sector it is easy to name the innovative companies- Apply, Google, Amazon etc. But how are they actually doing it andRead… Read more »

Email 2.0 – Moving Beyond the Unreliable Listserv

Email changed the way we work, you simply can’t argue that fact. As a 26 year old professional, I have never worked at a company without email. Even in high school our boss sent out the weekly schedule via email. Email is ingrained in how we work. Now 10 years later, email is so muchRead… Read more »

How the country views sequestration – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: How exactly do you bring Silicon Valley innovation to government? Silicon Valley guru Ryan Allis gives 12 realistic tips for bringing innovation to government. Click here for the full recap. But First: Sequestration Update The Washington Post: Americans’ sequestration shrug — in two charts And if you haven’t been following theRead… Read more »

12 Ways to Bring Silicon Valley to DC – NextGen’s Ryan Allis

How exactly do you bring Silicon Valley innovation to government? “You have to give a damn about other people. You can make a difference no matter what sector of the economy you are in. My goal is to use tech to help solve the big human challenges,” said Ryan Allis. Ryan Allis was the co-founderRead… Read more »

10 Questions Every Cloud Computing Buyer Must Ask

I’m fascinated by the fact that cloud computing has become ubiquitous in our lives – and that most of us don’t even realize when we’re benefiting from cloud technology. For instance, we’re using the cloud when we search Amazon, use an app on our phone, or watch a movie on Netflix. In many ways, thisRead… Read more »

Why Government Agencies Need to Prove Value

From the fiscal cliff to the current sequester, government agencies are operating in a period of fiscal uncertainly. At best agencies will have flat year-on-year budgets, barely keeping up with the rate of inflation. At worst agencies will face deep budget cuts. While many agencies are already reducing waste, cutting back on training, and increasingRead… Read more »

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