Best Practices in Plain Language Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Using before and after examples of plain language from corporations, nonprofits and federal agencies, the Center for Plain Language’s national workshop showcases best practices to help others implement plain language. Speakers: Karen Baker, Senior Vice President, Healthwise, Boise, ID;Read… Read more »
The healthcare industry has gained a lot of attention lately, especially with the endless debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Unfortunately, the majority of the discussion and debate has focused on the shortcomings of the healthcare industry and rarely offers realistic or practical solutions for improving care to patients or accountabilityRead… Read more »
By AlexOlesker On Thursday, September 27, the Atlantic Council hosted a stand-out panel discussion on the history of all-source cyber intelligence. The discussion was moderated by CTOvision editor and Crucial Point LLC founder and CTO Bob Gourley, who also has extensive cyber intelligence experience as the former Defense Intelligence Agency CTO and Director of IntelligenceRead… Read more »
The launch of the Government Digital Strategy earlier this year has spurred great discussion around the power of new technologies in government. Thom Rubel, VP of Research at IDC Government Insights, recently launched a YouTube Tech Talk, Government and the Third Platform, which addresses several of the opportunities that have arisen from technology innovation. InRead… Read more »
The City Walking project has won the Living Labs Global Award 2012 for the category of Terrassa. The City Council has awarded the two teachers from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) Jaume Figueras and Toni Guasch, responsible for the initiative, a certificate of recognition for having achieved this award. City Walking promotes sport as aRead… Read more »
If I were grading political debates as I grade university debates, they would fail in general for lack of support. The biggest problems as I see in the recent Presidential debate were unsubstantiated facts and incredible paraphrasing that had to be rebutted just to make what the other candidate said clear and only somewhat truthful.Read… Read more »
I know that there are lots of opinions, both negative and positive, that are swirling around the local government community with regards to Code for America. It’s easy for us to get defensive about our jobs because, well, we’re used to having to be on the defensive. Government doesn’t have a positive image with theRead… Read more »
To celebrate NCDD’s 10th anniversary this year, we are very excited to launch the NCDD Catalyst Awards. Two $10,000 prizes will be awarded to team projects organized, led and selected by NCDD members that jump-start the field’s next best ideas and impact our communities’ and our country’s ability to solve its most challenging problems. Today,Read… Read more »
By BobGourley Mil-oss.org is a site loaded with information you can use. If it has been a while since you have checked out this tremendous resource please return to the site and check it out. You will find news, context, information on policy, and tips on making the most of open source in military andRead… Read more »
For Millennials, there seems to be a constant reminder that the “retirement wave” about to sweep away a significant portion of the Federal workforce will be a tremendous opportunity to enter public service. While it’s always great to recruit new talent, there is also an abundance of talented professionals within government already. Every so often,Read… Read more »