As 2010 draws to a close, the need for predictions about what will happen in 2011 about. I have even offered my own guesses and plans here, here, and here. For this year-end post however, I offer some tools of skepticism to you, dear reader. When it comes to predicting the future, we are allRead… Read more »
OPEN CITIES | Christian Madera Credit: Jen R. If you follow the Gov 2.0 and Open Data circles with any regularity, you’ve probably noticed that hardly a month goes by without some new and exciting new media project or application being announced – one whose founders hope will provide a powerful new way for peopleRead… Read more »
As those who follow the intricacies of federal hiring already know, the Merit Systems Protection Board found that the Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP) violated merit systems principles because positions were not advertised enough to allow veterans to apply, and thus violated veteran’s preference. (For those not familiar with federal hiring, this last sentence willRead… Read more »
Some assumptions must be made on projects when there is a lack of information available. This may be due to our lack of an ability to predict the future accurately. In most cases, this is a valid source of necessary assumptions on projects, although we still do our best to get better at making themRead… Read more »
Gregory D. Jones has published a comment entitled Electronic Rulemaking in the New Age of Openness: Proposing a Voluntary Two-Tier Registration System for Regulations.gov, Administrative Law Review, v. 62, no. 4 (2010), pp. 1261-1286. Here is a summary: This Comment argues that a voluntary two-tiered registration system that acknowledges the role of interest groups inRead… Read more »
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, or whatever greeting is appropriate to you! I sent a version of this out to those of you on my newsletters earlier (New PM, PMP Guide) and received some great responses. And, some new ideas for next year! My wife and I have 3 awesome sons, and in past years we’veRead… Read more »
OK, holidays are nearing an end; and I’m back to thinking about government communications and customer service. What a year it’s been! Great progress in some areas, like social media. Modest progress toward our long-time goal to make top customer tasks easier to find and use. Not much progress at all (in fact, slippage) inRead… Read more »
Had a great Xmas discussion tonight with my mother, who is of a generation that remembers better times, when the gap was not quite so wide, when Americans truly had the Gov 2.0 “Do It Ourselves” mentality, rather than the “I’m in it for myself” attitude we see so often today. She asked, and IRead… Read more »
FedinsiderTrying to change the government is like running up a hill that gradually gets steeper. The going gets more difficult and eventually you tire out. Two years since President Obama was inaugurated, his team managing the government itself has been stable. And it enters 2011 still having pretty good momentum. The one big change wasRead… Read more »
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious” ~Zhuangzi A generosity of spirit for people of any station is an appropriate attitude for everyone to have and exhibit year round in the workplace, in the community and in the home. It is even more appropriate for a generosity of spirit to be exhibited at theRead… Read more »