Officials are urging nonessential federal workers who work in downtown Washington to take leave, telework or work at an alternate site in the suburbs Monday and Tuesday when President Obama’s big nuclear safety summit is expected to tie up downtown traffic. Federal agencies will open and operate as normal on Monday, but the Office ofRead… Read more »
Happy Thursday! As rescuers prepare to enter West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch Mine and investigators prepare to probe the cause of Monday’s blast, attention is beginning to focus on whether the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration did everything in its power to help avoid the disaster. Though Congress passed major mine safety reforms followingRead… Read more »
Last week I hosted a session for the BC Public Service community on the topic, ‘The Future of Social Media in Government,’ in which Steve Ressler was a guest presenter. As Steve has mentioned, I opened the session listing the top 10 reasons for why we shouldn’t use social media in government. Being the CommunityRead… Read more »
Executive orders and “green IT” directives have trickled steadily out of Washington, D.C. in the past few years, culminating most recently with Executive Order 13514. Signed by President Obama in October 2009, EO 13514 builds on earlier legislation such as the “Green the Capitol” initiative, and, according to the White House, “…expands the energy reductionRead… Read more »
Today is an exciting day at USDA – and across the government – as we release our Open Gov Plan that formalizes plans to integrate openness, transparency, participation and collaboration into our every day activities. The path has been an exciting one, and USDA has met the Open Government Directive deliverables with help from employeesRead… Read more »
In today’s column, I talk with Daniel Tangherlini, the Departmernt of Treasury’s assistant secretary for management. Says Tangherlini: ‘My job is to try to find the right team, invest in that team and give them support so that they can be successful.’ Q: How do you balance your large management porfolio at Treasury? A: TheRead… Read more »
What does the Defense Information Systems Agency Campaign Plan say about DISA? The surface of the ocean may seem static with only the ripples of waves on its surface, but underneath it is teeming with life and large currents acting like enormous rivers circulating and pulsing throughout. If our ocean was in the form ofRead… Read more »
When my son turned three, we got him a bike with training wheels. He did quite well, but when it came time to take off those training wheels, he violently refused. Even a three year old knew that going from four wheels down to two would increase his chances of falling from zero to incrediblyRead… Read more »
Today is deadline day for federal agencies to post their Open Government plans online (and discuss these plans), but there’s another Open Government Directive milestone reached today as well that shouldn’t be overlooked: new guidance from OMB on how social media, transparency and existing policies can mesh together. Read more about the four new OGDRead… Read more »
Today DOT released its Open Government Plan on www.dot.gov/open. Here’s a peek at the Executive Summary. DOT welcomes your feedback! “The President’s Open Government initiative represents a significant shift in the way Federal agencies conduct business and engage the public. The Department of Transportation (DOT) recognizes that the Open Government initiative is about more thanRead… Read more »