Please join us for a SPIA and MI Event: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9 @ 5:30-6:30, 1021 Prince Street, 2nd Floor “Revisiting Nonprofit Advocacy” A talk with Professor Steven Rathgeb Smith University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs American University Visiting Professor, School of Public Affairs (Spring 2012) VT’sRead… Read more »
To all members of the CPAP Community: At noon (12pm) on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, I will be giving my concentration lecture at the Thomas Connor House and the lecture will be shown in Northern Virginia via polycom. The lecture will cover preliminary findings related to my dissertation entitled, “Doing the Regulatory Limbo: The MysteriousRead… Read more »
Tom in The Glass Menagerie wants to know how the magician or anyone can “find a way out of coffin that is nailed shut without removing one nail, or you could say how to find “a way up the slippery slope.” Work and work relationships can do more harm than good. This is one suchRead… Read more »
The White House photo of the day for 31 Jan 2012 is one to remember. It shows proof positive that the megatrend towards a consumerization of IT is not only unstoppable, but is changing enterprises everywhere in very positive ways. The photo, shown below, shows two iPad’s in use, one each for the President andRead… Read more »
I am looking for information on the cost of a procurement from RFP/RFQ/IFB to Contract. I am trying to come up with a figure as to how much savings agencies can realize in soft dollars by riding or bridging another agencies contract.
When you hear talent, you probably associate the term with American Idol, the Olympics, or the Oscars. Let’s talk about talent in the workplace. You know, the thing that initially got you hired. Talent is high in demand. Manpower recently documented that 52% of American companies are struggling to fill open positions. Why? They’re lookingRead… Read more »
BY now, we’ve all heard about the agile development process and how, today, an iterative approach to developing/implementing IT programs is in vogue. We’ve also heard all the many complaints about how the Federal acquisition process is too slow to keep up with rapidly changing technology, evolving requirements, etc. We also are aware that anyRead… Read more »
Yesterday The Economist Intelligence Unit and Buzzdata launched a $10,000 contest to help enhance The Economist’s “Best city in the world” index. Yes. It’s a data and visualization competition to identify the best city in the world to live. As part of the contest, The Economist Intelligence Unit has shared two data sets, its “liveability”Read… Read more »
One bit of work we’ve been doing a fair bit of at Kind of Digital is putting events on the web. One example is the seminar that took place in Leeds yesterday, run by Local Government Yorkshire and Humber. The idea is that these public service type events are all about getting the message toRead… Read more »
Here’s my latest wheeze: an entirely online conference to discuss digital government stuff. It’ll be free too. Here’s how things will run. There will be two sessions per day, three days a week over 2 weeks – so 12 in total. Right now I am thinking this will be between 7th and 18th May. TopicsRead… Read more »