Recovers: Why We’re Coding for America

Recovers is one of the seven civic startups in the inaugural class of the CfA Accelerator. I am what some would call a non-technical founder. I spoke Russian, not Ruby. I studied government, not the software that supported it. Sure, I knew my way around a computer, but I did not build the tools IRead… Read more »

League of Extraordinary Trainers offering IAP2 Certificate Training this December

If you work in communications, public relations, public affairs, planning, public outreach and understanding, community development, advocacy, or lobbying, the NEW IAP2 Certificate Training, presented by The League of Extraordinary Trainers (one of our Partners for the 2012 NCDD conference), will help you to increase your skills and to be of even greater value toRead… Read more »

Anonymous Sources Provide No Evidence of Iran Cyber Attacks

By SeanLawson This is the headline that should have been affixed to the New York Times’ most recent story about supposed Iranian cyber attacks against oil and natural gas companies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as banks in the United States. In fact, it is the most appropriate headline for practically all ofRead… Read more »

AFGE President J. David Cox Speaks on the Future of the Government Workforce

AFGE National President J. David Cox spoke Wednesday, Oct. 24 at a panel discussion addressing federal employees. Cox launched a passionate and sincere defense of federal employees, spelling out their contributions to our country and offering a message of compromise as the nation works to right itself amid rising deficits and a challenging economy. CoxRead… Read more »

Should OpenGov advocates be worried about the attacks on @FiveThirtyEight?

First, the came for the statisticians, and I said nothing because I was not a statistician One of the things I noticed was an increasing amount of attacks on Nate Silver’s 538 blog and his methodology. Some range from concern trolling from Politico to downright name calling by the man behind Unskewed polls. What NateRead… Read more »

The Presidential Management Fellows Application Opens up on Nov. 5th

Presidential Management Fellows Applications Must Be Completed By Nov. 19 The Resume Place offers tips for writing the Presidential Management Fellows application for the PMF Class of 2013. The resume is critical as part of this application. Read important application details.

AFGE’s Hispanic Coalition Holds its 4th Annual Conference

Click to view slideshow.AFGE’s Hispanic Coalition (HISCO) held its fourth annual conference earlier this month in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year’s conference was themed “Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future” and featured a tribute to the original group of pioneers who established the AFGE Latino advocacy group. Conference attendees participated in a “political fiesta” toRead… Read more »

AustinTexas.gov: Web Content Manager Shares Best Practices and Advice for Website Redesign

This blog is the Part II of a two part series on the award-winning government website, AustinTexas.gov. Visit the first installment to get a full picture of how the city’s website has been so successful. Chris Florance, the Web Content Manager for the City of Austin, Texas, spoke on the DorobekINSIDER about the newly designedRead… Read more »