Political Leaders (Sort of) Address Changing Face of Government Business

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending a Tech Town Hall hosted by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and Microsoft. The event brought together Virginia U.S. Senate candidates George Allen and Tim Kaine, along with a number of business leaders like Jim Sheaffer, President, North American Sector, CSC; Dendy Young, Managing Partner, McLeanRead… Read more »

Business Travel Expected to Surge Over Next 12 Months

Your corporate travel agency can expect to be busier over the next year, if it follows the trend reported last week by Executive Travel Magazine. A survey conducted by American Airlines reveals that businesses are feeling much more optimistic about travel booking for those face-to-face business meetings, helping to drive an increase in bookings forRead… Read more »

Continuity and Collaboration to Improve Performance: The Center for The Business of Government Moves Forward

This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the Business of Government Blog. For the last 15 years, the IBM Center for The Business of Government has implemented a mission of bringing external research and leadership perspectives to causes and potential solutions for hard problems facing the public sector. With the retirement of JonathanRead… Read more »

Recruitment 411: Work World Relics – Trusted Tool on Verge of Extinction?

For the month of July, Eric Erickson will be taking over this blog from Julie. Eric is a communications colleague of Julie’s from the IRS Recruitment office. In the last decade, I’ve seen many changes to how we perform work at the IRS – especially when it comes to how we communicate. When I startedRead… Read more »

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: HELLO CAMPERS: Three years on from the first localgovcamp… so whats changed? – Nice bit of reflection from Dan Slee ahead of Saturday’s shindig. Knowledge Hub: A response – Steve Dale gives part of his side of the story. Refocusing our efforts and investments | TalisRead… Read more »

Mapping government policies online – Govmonitor, a great new aussie site

For all the attention on government policies, the various announcements and documentation on political party sites, it can be very difficult to compare and contrast where different parties sit on different issues and, for governments, difficult to keep track of whether they are sticking to their election policies or amending them for pragmatic, political orRead… Read more »