Welcome to my blog. I am a retired Senior Executive (GSA) and the author of a recently published book, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy. The book is meant to educate and entertain (emphasis on the latter) by sharing the wisdom gained during my lengthy government career and to impartRead… Read more »
You might find this web site about what’s happening in American Cities interesting …
This Friday/Saturday, I’ll be blogging from the official blogger row (I know, so exciting) at the inaugural AMP Summit 2010 – a gathering of thought leaders in Activism + Media + Politics in Washington DC. The mission of AMP Summit is to explore the ongoing, distributed conversation about the people-powered revolution. The speaker lineup looksRead… Read more »
“That’s strange, those mosquito bites form a perfect line up my leg. Son-of-a…. bed bugs!” That’s right, bed bugs. Believe it or not there has been an alarming resurgence of bed bugs in the US, so much that the EPA, CDC and USDA have launched a war on squashing this problem once and for allRead… Read more »
Web Analytics Rock Star Stephane Hamel writes: The Wall Street Journal did a whole series on “What they know”. Online marketers – especially when it comes to ad networks, web analytics and behavioral targeting – are depicted as evil spies and Cookie Monsters. Call it sensationalist, biased or even lies and fallacies; it depicts whatRead… Read more »
Yesterday during the Mashable.com / UN Foundation “Social Good Summit” in New York, I launched something I’ve been working on for a while behind the scenes at Microsoft’s public sector division. It’s a new website (geeks: WordPress running on Windows Server… and eventually Windows Azure cloud) called SECTOR: PUBLIC. (Get it? Like Mission: Impossible? Hey,Read… Read more »
When I’m faced with a tough, personal decision, I’m one of those people who makes lists of the pros & cons to my options … especially when it comes to accepting (or passing on) a job offer. But using this method has always left something lacking for me because, in the end, I still haveRead… Read more »
At NAPA Collaboration Project event focused on GAO Report – Challenges in Federal Use of Web 2.0 Technologies Short, easy report – it’s testimony, not a full report -have another ongoing review that is broader Requested by Chaiman Clay, House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Objectives-Identify current uses of web 2.0 technologiesRead… Read more »
Do you have any particular ways you recruit Gen Y’s into public service? How about using social media to brand government or interact with employees? Can this be a way to showcase skills of the next wave of government employees? I’m a Ph.D. student in public policy and administration and am working on a paperRead… Read more »
I’ve been blogging a lot lately on GovLoop, but haven’t been blogging as much about the behind the scenes work going on the GovLoop side. It’s been really amazing. There have been a ton of great changes in the last 6 months including: – D.C. office space – located near the White House, where weRead… Read more »