We launched our scholarship fund drive for the 2012 NCDD conference on Monday, and proud to say that our community has contributed $2,075 so far! We greatly appreciate the support of our earliest donors. Our goal is to raise $15,000 from our community to help people from diverse backgrounds make it to NCDD Seattle whoRead… Read more »
It’s almost a nonsensical thing to say these days. It seems everyone know the benefits of Branding. For those who don’t know it, by golly, we should train it. This article will sound a bit like another one I wrote some time ago having to do with not being eliminated from the job pool becauseRead… Read more »
I just read an interesting post on Fast Company, which featured Joseph Garner, the director of Craigslist Joe, which is a documentary about his quest to see whether or not online communities could actually take care of people in real life. Here, Garner talks about how to get just about anything you need from socialRead… Read more »
The latest issue of Journal of Information Technology & Politics (Volume 9, Issue 3, 2012, pages 279-297) features an interesting article by Travis Kriplean and others: Facilitating Diverse Political Engagement with the Living Voters Guide (requires registration/payment). Abstract: Unlike 20th-century mass media, the Internet requires self-selection of content by its very nature. This has raisedRead… Read more »
OMB has released its long-awaited guidance for the implementation of new provisions in the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010. It describes a novel way to meet a statutory requirement to annually judge the performance of government programs. Agencies will have to put this new approach in place over the next two years. A provision buriedRead… Read more »
The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Administration (NASPAA) just published a special issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education titled “Social and technological innovations in teaching public affairs“. The special issue was edited by Thomas Bryer and Angie Eikenberry (thank you!). My paper is title “The Public Manager 2.0: Preparing theRead… Read more »
A very basic, but fun, mentoring podcast I recorded for our interns. Original post
If I want to have a thought of mine preserved for eternity, I put it on my blog; if I don’t care if I ever see it again, I put it on Twitter. John Scalzi Original post
Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa of California, sent a three paged letter to the government’s inspectors general (earnestly) asking for more communication alerting Congress when serious violations are under investigation. Darrell Issa wants inspectors general to loop in Congress The letter cited the 2010 $823,000 GSA spending spree inRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: An internal U.S. Army memo described the Distributed Common Ground System used to detect roadside bombs and predict insurgent activity limited and “not suitable.” More here. A recent survey of security experts showed little confidence in government’s ability to provide cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. More here.Read… Read more »