Need some mid-week inspiration? I thought this was pretty cool and wanted to share. Every year Deloitte teams celebrates IMPACT Day, an annual day-long event during which Deloitte employees around the country set aside their work and contribute their time and talents to benefit local nonprofits. Each volunteer project is organized by local Deloitte personnelRead… Read more »
Is this the Summer of Social?? How have you been using social media in local public services? Submit your example here or take a look at what other people are doing. Moving on, need help now! Ok, I’m off to pastures new! If you haven’t already seen my announcement, take a gander at what I’llRead… Read more »
The Government Printing Office turned 150 years old this year. Did you know, GPO actually opened the day President Lincoln was inaugurated? Federal News Radio has put together a cool multimedia series looking at GPO’s history. Web editor and fellow GovLooper Jolie Lee was responsible for the project and it turned out great! Definitely beRead… Read more »
What are the issues adopting ITIL Social/Political Changing a business model is difficult, even a new model such as I.T. A culture of how I.T. organizations and staff behave has been well established in most companies so effecting a change can be difficult. Most I.T. departments are established as small development shops with the serviceRead… Read more »
Deltek’s Manager of State and Local Industry Analysis Chris Dixon reports. Back in 2009, INPUT forecast that reducing $67 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse (or “improper payments” in the federal parlance) by state-administered federal programs would be a major initiative between 2009 and 2014. Recent proclamations by the Obama administration have bolstered our predictionRead… Read more »
Using renewable energy can be tricky. For example, when the wind blows and people need power, life is pretty simple for wind turbine operators. But what happens when the wind blows at off-peak times? Can that energy be stored? As most of us already know, the answer is “yes, but we’re still working on theRead… Read more »
What is ITIL? ITIL stands for the Information Technology Infrastructure Library [ITIL stands for the Information Technology Infrastructure Library] The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and practices for Information Technology Services Management (ITSM), Information Technology (IT) development and IT operations. ITIL gives detailed descriptions of a number of important ITRead… Read more »
RECORD FOR FOREIGN TRIPS. Roll Call. “The costs of overseas trips taken by Senators and their staffers jumped by about 20 percent last year, reaching an all-time high of more than $5 million in publicly reported costs, which is still likely less than half the actual total.” “CASTLES AT THE CAPITOL.” Press release here. “CastlesRead… Read more »
As part of a federal initiative to cut government waste, the White House announced plans to eliminate at least half of the current inventory of federal websites. According to a White House blog post, there are nearly 2,000 top-level federal domains (dot-gov), but numerous subdomains and micro-sites inflate the list to almost 24,000 websites “ofRead… Read more »
Chicago Department of Transportation (IL) commissioner Gabe Klein wants to add multi-modal commuter information at the city’s 2,200 bus shelters. Klein, who previously was at the District Department of Transportation (DC), wants to install video screens that display everything from real-time Chicago Transit Authority bus locations to walk times to popular destinations. “Transportation is asRead… Read more »