The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD.org) is a community of innovators who bring people together across divides to discuss, decide, and collaborate on today’s toughest issues. NCDD serves as a gathering place, a resource clearinghouse, a news source and a facilitative leader for this vital community of practice. If you’re interested in dialogue,Read… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: An anonymous official confirmed that United States and Israel jointly developed the Flame spying malware. More here. The Veterans Affairs Department would need a staff of 4,000 to scan and digitize its backlogged paper records. More here. The House Judiciary Committee reauthorized the FISA Amendments ActRead… Read more »
Last fall, GovLoop kicked off a first-of-its-kind type of government mentors program, where participants from different locations, agencies, and levels of government could come together and share experiences and expertise. An article about this program was just published in the summer edition of The Public Manager, and we encourage you to check it out! SinceRead… Read more »
Over the last 25+ years in all sectors of the economy, we’ve been changing management/leadership structures, the tools and technologies to do the work, and the headcount of workers at all levels. Initially the changes had impact very quickly – on production or operations and on the bottom line or budget. As we continued toRead… Read more »
One of the most common – and important – ways that citizens interact with their government is through the reporting of non-emergency issues in their neighborhoods. How effectively governments manage these requests for service is critical to fostering stable neighborhoods and confidence in municipal leadership. Since it was first adopted in Baltimore in the mid-1990’s,Read… Read more »
What works when developing a cross-agency collaborative network? A six-year long study of 266 existing collaborative networks of public safety organizations distills valuable lessons for how to design and sustain similar networks in other policy arenas. Professors Jane Fedorowicz and Steve Sawyer have authored a new report, “Designing Collaborative Networks: Lessons Learned from Public Safety,”Read… Read more »
By Eric Diaz. Blog series originally posted at DK Web Consulting. It’s not just the private sector jumping on the social media bandwagon. Government agencies are using the robust Facebook platform to reach the public too. This is the first installment of three in a series about the US Department of Health and Human Services’sRead… Read more »
Orlando Sanford International Airport has received preliminary approval to use private security screeners to screen passengers and personal property. It may now be one of the airports operating under the Screening Partnership Program, of which there are currently 16. TSA Tentatively Okay’s Private Screeners in Orlando Many Republicans are in support of the privatization ofRead… Read more »
Dean Halstead (Chevy Chase, MD) — The number of dangers for children on the Internet is continually multiplying, making parenting harder — and increasingly requiring a parent to be tech-savvy. The latest tech category to present a danger to children is sometimes nicknamed “mobile social” — in other words, mobile device-based social media, games, andRead… Read more »
Does your project have one leader? I hope not. “The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.” – Derek Sivers A recent discussion Inside pmStudent e-Learning was about being a PM on a technical project when you have expertise. I remember very clearly a situation where I transitioned from a technicalRead… Read more »