What do policy analysts in government do (besides the cheeky definition above offered by Arnold Meltsner [1976: vii])? And more to the point, what do practicing policy analysts think they do, and what do they think they should be doing? In my recent dissertation research, I came at this question by asking practicing policy analystsRead… Read more »
By Tom Kuhn, PhD and Fellow, DAWIA III from Integrity Matters blog For a better part of twelve years the federal budget has been pretty ample and programs were free to operate in a much more flexible environment. “Supplemental” allotments of funding were in large supply at the Department of Defense (DoD). Then the faucetRead… Read more »
By BobGourley The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The Top Five Nominees of 2012 were chosen for criteria that included: Focus on current solutions: The ability to make a difference in governmentRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff via GigaOM Here are the top tech news and stories of the day. New York City replaces 250 public pay phones with iPad-like screens – after the effects of Superstorm Sandy, regular phone booths were suddenly hubs for communication. NYC will be installing smart screens that will “provide city information, emergency broadcasts andRead… Read more »
Are strange forces at work driving change in your organization? Why do I need to transform the organization? Wouldn’t a little tweak here or change there be good enough? I like to use the term organizational transformation because I think it more clearly portrays the shift in thinking and execution required to effect real changeRead… Read more »
President Obama said in his first post-election press conference that he was going to ask Governor Romney’s advice on government reform. There has been a lot of advice developed in recent months! Here are some potential resources for them to draw upon. If President Obama meets with Governor Romney to discuss ways to reform theRead… Read more »
Social learning is a really interesting concept. It’s basically the idea that we can often learn better from each other rather than from an expert or teacher. There’s an obvious usage for the internet and the kind of social tools I write about here in social learning, and an additional argument in favour of makingRead… Read more »
By BobGourley FutureCast is a series of technical discussions between ASG CTO, Mark Teter, and Russ Kennedy, VP of Product Management at Cleversafe. The discussions are posted online at YouTube so you can watch on your schedule. The first of the series is embedded below. It dives into the explosive growth of data and howRead… Read more »
Warren C. Hoy was recently named plant manager of a DuPont plant near Buffalo, NY. A DuPont employee for 31 years, Hoy has some great thoughts about leadership that were reported in a Buffalo News article. Through his 31 years of experience Hoy has learned the following about leadership: – As a leader you don’tRead… Read more »
This is a repost from GovDelivery’s Reach the Public blog, originally posted 11/14/12. Yesterday, ReadWriteWeb posted an article detailing why Dallas Mavericks owner and tech billionaire, Mark Cuban, is taking his social media engagement elsewhere, effectively abandoning Facebook as the Dallas Mavericks’ primary social media tool for connecting with fans. Why? The short version: “He’sRead… Read more »