The newspaper headline “City Council adopts budget, but wants more creativity” caught my attention. It is rare to see local government officials expressing the need for more creativity in government. With decreasing revenues and state mandates making budget cuts necessary and a public angry about increasing taxes, creativity is definitely needed in the operation ofRead… Read more »
Discussing innovation within the Federal Government typically brings to mind images of Todd Park and Vivek Kundra or the TSA IdeaFactory and DARPA. This is not the common face of innovation for many Federal leaders. Federal executives lead innovative organizational changes from process improvements to new acquisition strategies regularly. I want to know what lessonsRead… Read more »
Hey there. I’m Emily Jarvis — the producer of the DorobekINSIDER — and welcome GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER… where we focus on six words… helping you do your job better… Chris Dorobek is out of the office this week, but we couldn’t leave you hanging. So I’ve compiled some of the best interviews and topics fromRead… Read more »
Jonathan Breul retires today from his role as executive director of the IBM Center. He has had a long and storied career in public service over the past four decades, where he has left a lasting mark. I’ve worked with Jonathan directly or indirectly over the past 30 years. His retirement is a good inflectionRead… Read more »
Are you planning to attend the Federally Employed Women (FEW) National Training Program July 16-20, 2012, in Detroit? It’s an awesome event! for more info, visit www.few.org! I hope to see you there! Sue Webster, National President, FEW
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE June 28, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Executive Director, NACBHDD 0 Comments Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google| More Sharing ServicesShare | Print ACA is Constitutional! Halleluiah! Halleluiah! Hall-e-lu-iah! The Court has affirmed the Individual Mandate as a tax! The Court has supported the Medicaid Expansion! Clearly, the Supreme CourtRead… Read more »
Hey there. I’m Emily Jarvis– the DorobekINSIDER producer — and welcome GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER. Chris is out of the office this week on vacation. But we couldn’t leave you hanging. So I’ve compiled some of my favorite interviews on Big Data. It’s the latest buzzword to take over government. And it’s making a big splashRead… Read more »
Big Data is a means to extract useful information from great volumes of data collected from various inputs. If the data is available and accurate, the distilled information can be useful if the project is well conceived. Last week we attended a Big Data session put on by NCA-GTUG to highlight some successful in-use projectsRead… Read more »
Many local governments on paper have a Employee Suggestion Review Committee, but few actually utilize such committees successfully. The Town of Amherst, NY as I mentioned in a previous post has such a Committee along with wooden suggestion boxes, which had not been opened in years. According to an Arizona Republic news article at theRead… Read more »
To answer this question, I checked in with my former colleague and friend, Dr. Barbara Male. Dr. Male retired from the federal government in April 2008 after 25 years of federal service, most recently serving as a Deputy Assistant Secretary with the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM). She was a career memberRead… Read more »