There is one question that federal managers consistently ask me: “How do I become an SES?” Created by Congress in 1978, the Senior Executive Service (SES) is a 7,000 member elite cadre of federal leaders who are performing cutting-edge work and delivering vital services, from protecting the homeland to revitalizing our economy. If you areRead… Read more »
Thanks everyone for the kind words As I turn 30 today, I wanted to take a title from the wonderful ESPN 30 on 30 series. And give 30 things I learned at 30 that I wished I would have known at 20 1 – Smile a lot and people will like you 2 – SometimesRead… Read more »
I’ve been going about alerting all wrong. I consider myself to be somewhat of an expert in the crisis alerting space, having built or deployed SMS, FM and satellite text and video notification systems in the past. I’ve also been fairly vocal on how their inherent limitations of cost, public adoption rate, and lack ofRead… Read more »
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What exactly is the nature of the Gov 2.0 challenge? This question was inspired by Andrew Krzmarzick’s post (“What Gov 2.0 Needs Now: Managers, Money and Models”) and Christina Morrison’s post (“What is Gov 2.0? A survey of Government IT pros”) on the recent GovLoop survey about Gov 2.0. As Andrew and Christina argued, theRead… Read more »
There is no way to speak about this without sounding completely self-absorbed so I apologize in advance, but during times of self-reflection one can’t help but speak about themselves a little bit. I have had the good fortune of speaking to public servants across the country, to share my story with them, to inspire themRead… Read more »
You can walk into every workplace and find someone that’s making cracks about the boss. But let’s be honest making jokes and complaining at the water cooler aren’t going to change the situation. So what can you do? Thanks to GovLoop member Kathleen Smith I read a great article about how employees can manage theirRead… Read more »
In the federal government, change is a way of life for managers. At a minimum, change comes every four years with either a new administration, or with varying agendas from new political appointees and agency leaders if the incumbent administration has another bite at the apple. So has does real change take hold? For starters,Read… Read more »
Over on Federal Computer Week, Dr. Steve Kelman has written several blog posts on The Lectern in a series of issues related to improving federal acquisitions and communications, specifically information technology projects. Although I have commented on the specific blog posts, I wanted to have a more in depth discussion here. Improving Federal IT AcquisitionsRead… Read more »
Yes it is a rather dated story “The firing of Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod” but with the release of USDA and other executive departments emails it certainly would have been, at least somewhat, less painful if everyone involved in the process had taken the time to communicate. Can’t believe that the world would haveRead… Read more »