The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the case of Staub v. Proctor Hospital, No. 09-400. For over a decade, Vincent Staub worked as an angiography technologist at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois. Staub testified that he was subjected to belittling behavior from his supervisor during the course of hisRead… Read more »
We’ve been super busy planning our next LAUNCH sustainability forum. The topic for our second forum is “sustaining human life.” LAUNCH is our incubator program that searches for visionaries, whose world-class ideas, technologies or programs show great promise for making tangible impacts on society. At each LAUNCH forum, ten innovators and 40 thought leaders comeRead… Read more »
Public-private partnerships (PPP)is a hot topic now as government at all levels redouble efforts to find practical and affordable solutions to society’s many pressing social and community problems. PPPs seem to represent a relatively painless way to share the effort, leverage resources and provide win-win situations. And there is concrete progress. For example the Obama’sRead… Read more »
This was originally posted on cpsrenewal.ca It struck me last week that innovating in the public sector is a lot like playing Poker. Good players will tell you that it’s not sheer luck, but rather a combination of skill, strategy and tactics. In this spirit, I’ve taken the liberty of recasting 10 of the mostRead… Read more »
The Victorian Public Sector, Australia has released its’ Gov 2.0 Action Plan. Having worked in both the Australian Public Service and State/Territory jurisdictions I’ve always been struck by the fact that State/Territory public sector jurisdictions are more action oriented. Not surprising given the fact that these jurisdictions are at the pointy end of service deliveryRead… Read more »
I’ve been writing and posting these for several weeks on Facebook and through my weekly e’zine. Although I’ve been on GovLoop for a while I haven’t been that active. I’d like to change that and thought this would be a way to have a positive influence with more individuals. I hope you find them valueRead… Read more »
Success in life depends on 2 things . . . What you THINK you can do and the amount of EFFORT you’re willing to put forth to accomplish it. Everything you do is created twice; the first is in your thoughts. Before it can be created it MUST be dreamed. They are YOUR dreams soRead… Read more »
In the past couple of weeks, the DC metro area was wracked by massive storms that compounded commuting woes (and split an apartment building in half). My commuting time more than doubled. Much–maligned power company Pepco featured two Flickr feeds documenting the storm damage and indirectly making a strong case for teleworking. In the daysRead… Read more »
Catch a shooting star: Vanessa Fox: ‘Knowledge is a Mashup’ Andrew Turner: CrisisCommons and Congress Alex Williams: City of Denver Dives Into the World of Open-Source Natalie Binder: Rocking the State – Human Resources Dan Zarrella: How To – Get Tweetable Moments from Your Presentations Mark Paterson: APS 200 Public Sector Innovation Project Amanda Eamich:Read… Read more »
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), an arm of the US Department of Commerce, is accepting applications for its 2010 Innovation in Economic Development Awards to spotlight projects of national significance that advance innovation, boost competitiveness and create jobs. Among the four categories, of special interest is one for Innovation in Global Export Promotion, in whichRead… Read more »