One of my pet hates is when government agencies re-invent the wheel. It often starts when politicians announces they’re going to do or launch something and agencies are then tasked with making it actually happen. If that agency isn’t already connected into what other agencies are doing, doesn’t conduct some research, or simply doesn’t playRead… Read more »
We started working on federal government social media communications more than four ears ago — before Barack Obama was president. And prior to that, we created “web 2.0″ (doesn’t it sound quaint now?) tools for presidential campaigns. Needless to say, the past few years have been a thrilling time to be at the intersection ofRead… Read more »
Do you care about kicking political corruption out of California with the power of open data? Do you have a bomb.com education app idea just waiting for the help of content experts and an awesome education API to make it a reality?? Here’s your opportunity: Data DeathMatch! hackathon November 2. November 2 from 6:30 a.m.Read… Read more »
I posted some pictures of our Workers Appreciation. It wasn’t all of them but it felt good to know that we are appreciated and not treated like a robot..And it was a workday! The food was awesome and so was the cake..There were door prizes and rewards! Honestly, it’s things like this that makes meRead… Read more »
I recently had the opportunity to meet with someone who explained her success to me in a way that made me smile. “What’s your secret?” I asked. “I saw you step into this project three times since we started it. You were there in the beginning to get things started. Then you left and thingsRead… Read more »
This blog post was written by DLT Solutions’ Matt Micene, Engineering Team Lead for the company’s blog. You can visit the full blog by clicking HERE. —– With Mil-OSS WG4 over and 2012’s Red Hat Government Symposium kicking off on Tuesday, my mind naturally wanders to topics such as “The Open Source Way” and howRead… Read more »
No matter who wins the election in two weeks, change will come. If the President is re-elected, we’ll see some new political appointees coming onboard and certainly new initiatives. If Governor Romney is elected, we’ll see wholesale changes in political personnel and plans; and transition teams will move into agencies quickly. In either case, newRead… Read more »
Many agencies have been prepping for the “retirement wave” hitting the Federal Government, including the Office of Personnel Management with new reforms to the Pathways Program. In addition to recruiting a talented workforce, however, agencies face the additional challenge of retaining young employees. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Michael Lawyer had noticedRead… Read more »
Could Big Data’s need for better energy technologies translate into global energy solutions? It would seem that Silicon Valley’s polished visage is being called into question. The slick technology that pervades our lives belies the Cro-Magnon infrastructure that keeps it running. But as high-tech, data-driven businesses seek to find innovative solutions to this problem, canRead… Read more »
Deloitte recently released a paper entitled ‘Scaling Edges – A pragmatic pathway to board internal change’, which provided strategies on how organisations in the private sector could best achieve innovation at the institutional level. The paper promotes the following approach: Focus on the edges rather than the core functioning of an organisation Identify projects whichRead… Read more »