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 »
Day 9 with Windows 8 on Laptop. While not proficient with the interface yet, I am definitely seeing a productivity improvement in day to day data consumption tasks. Office has received a similar update to the UI/UX with similar results. Next week becomes the real acid test, I’m going to update my wife’s laptop withRead… Read more »
Pocket offers a host of saved reading capabilities You may have heard of Pocket, actually, you’re more likely to know it in its former incarnation, Read It Later. I have recently started using Pocket to track interesting stories for my daily roundup. The setup is easy – I made an account, installed the Chrome browserRead… Read more »
If you use Microsoft Outlook, join me for a complimentary webinar: Outlook on Steroids. You’ll learn little known Outlook features that will help you gain at a minimum 5 more minutes of productive time an hour, giving you an 8% rise in productivity. Register your entire team for this Lunch and Learn preview. For anRead… Read more »
Recently, there’s been some debate about creativity – or lack thereof – within the Government workforce. However, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is taking a new approach to fostering innovation. OPM has brought (or bought) a piece of Silicon Valley into its Washington, D.C.-based headquarters. The Washington Post reports that OPM has created anRead… Read more »
So I’ve been thinking about my earlier post on “Metrics: One Rule to Rule Them All.” It argued that each government agency should have just one metric to guide its performance, very much like the President has one approval rating that we use to gauge his or her success. The idea of having one orRead… Read more »