“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like [citizens], undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” ~ Thomas Paine: Patriot, Founding Father, Data Liberation Rockstar A couple of weeks ago, to celebrate Independence Day, we launched Open Impact — a campaign at Code for America to encourage and enable municipal governments to declareRead… Read more »
Technological innovation can be a huge advantage to early adopters or a massive disruption to organizations that do not see it coming. For the Department of Defense, disruptive technology is literally a matter of life and death, so they try to predict the high impact innovations of the future using a method called “Technological HorizonRead… Read more »
Here is the summary: One of the most effective ways to vault your career is by having a mentor. But sometimes you don’t know where to start. In this session, you’ll learn about GovLoop’s first-of-its-kind, government-wide mentors program and how you can get involved. We’ll have mentoring experts as well as a mentors and menteesRead… Read more »
For the session on Project Management, the panel included: Doug Brown Practice Lead, Enterprise Architecture and Program Management at Vigilant Watch Integration Brent Bushey ITPM for the Alien Criminal Response Information Management System, Department of Homeland Security Shaun Khalfan Program Information Assurance Manager, Defense Logistics Agency Throughout our session on project management, the panel providedRead… Read more »
A client had just completed managing a thousand person global technology gathering and we were conducting the post-learning. Before the event, her strongest team had been the planners. Granular she called them. Material was ordered and inventoried, prepackaged and pre-staged. As the event started, the plan blew up, and another team came to the front.Read… Read more »
What is the best way for current and future federal government employees to move up in their career? HR specialists from the NIH speak to the process from their own experiences moving up the GS Schedule and evaluating candidates. Michelle Lipinski, Senior Human Resources Specialist, starts the break-out talking about the 15 level GS payRead… Read more »
We had a nice full crowd to hear Bridger McGaw, (Special Advisor for Cyber Security and Infrastructure Resilience, Office of the Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security), Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, (Director, Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation, Department of Housing and Urban Development), Art Stevens, (General Manager, MicroPlace), and Michelle Viegas,Read… Read more »
This summer, Julie’s colleague Eric Erickson is writing the ‘Recruitment 411’ blog posts. Eric has worked for the federal government in Atlanta since 2002 — he’s held several different positions, each in communications. Real estate company ERA recently released a report on how to recruit more members of Generation Y. While their focus was onRead… Read more »
Hello Govloopers. I’m hoping you can help me out. I’m a current Fellow with the Partnership for Public Service Excellence in Government Fellows Program and my cohort group is working on a project to raise disability awareness among Federal Employees. Specifically, we have a survey to get YOUR understanding about the hiring of individuals withRead… Read more »
A local government’s Charter is an important legal document that specifies what officials must do or can’t do when operating government. Like the United States Constitution, a charter is the supreme law as to a local governments powers and responsibilities. One of the first things a newly elected official should do is to review theRead… Read more »