Career, Communications, Miscellaneous, Project Management, Tech
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Something’s gotta give. A new survey finds federal CFOs and their staffs have only enough time, money and know-how to do the basics around financial management. Ouch. So what can they do to ease their burden? Insights from Grant Thorton. GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER #GovShutdown Reader – Day 10: The Washington Post: HowRead… Read more »
Career, Communications, Human Resources, Project Management, Tech
Something’s gotta give. That’s the theme from the new survey by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and Grant Thornton on federal CFOs. The survey finds federal CFOs and their staffs have only enough time, money and know-how to do the basics around financial management. The survey included 100 interviews and 180 self-selected responses fromRead… Read more »
Something that scares me enormously is the house of cards that many (if not most) governments have built with their IT systems. It can be witnessed every time government agencies get ‘MOGed’ – Machinery of Government changes where parts of agencies are shifted to other agencies to meet the latest political whim. In these casesRead… Read more »
With psychedelic splendour, the ACT government has become the first Australian jurisdiction to launch a serious whole-of-government online challenges site. Through the Digital Canberra Challenge website, the ACT is now asking “Canberra’s brightest minds” to help improve government services. The first round contains two challenges, to improve the process of event approvals and to makeRead… Read more »
Career, Communications, Miscellaneous, Project Management, Tech
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Healthcare.gov hit some major snags after it launched last week. What went wrong? We get insights from Clay Johnson. GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER #GovShutdown Reader – Day 9: House Republicans are currently drafting a bill that would allow the Defense Department to pay out $100,000 in death benefits during the government shutdown toRead… Read more »
According to a recent GovLoop survey, analytics can improve the efficiency, productivity, and resource allocation of agencies. Additionally, we have seen countless ways analytics can improve transparency and drive better decision making for government agencies. But did you know analytics also propelled Team USA to one of the greatest comebacks in sport’s history during theRead… Read more »
Citizen Engagement, Digital Government, Tech
Last Tuesday the Obama Administration unveiled healthcare.gov. Affordable Care Act mandated the Department of Health and Human Services to build an online exchange, or Internet store, to let uninsured consumers compare and buy plans offered by private insurance companies. But almost immediately problems started to pop up. The website was overwhelmed by up to fiveRead… Read more »
The Government Security News published an article titled: “German Telecom Company Provides Real-Time map of Cyber-attacks”. If it is credible, and at this point I have no reason to doubt its credibility, it is a fascinating bit of technology. Deutsche Telekom (the folks behind T-Mobile) indicates that there are about 450,000 cyber-attacks worldwide per day.Read… Read more »
Career, Communications, Miscellaneous, Project Management, Tech
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: We are now in day eight of the government shutdown and with no resolution in sight, many are starting to worry about the long-term ramifications of the shutdown. One of those ramifications could be young people turning away from government service. Insights from PPS’s Tom Fox. GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER #GovShutdown Reader –Read… Read more »
Career, Communications, Miscellaneous, Project Management, Tech
We are now in day eight of the government shutdown and with no resolution in sight, many are starting to worry about the long-term ramifications of the shutdown. One of those ramifications could be young people turning away from government service. And who could blame them? The shutdown and sequestration have turned the once stableRead… Read more »
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