Federal Eye: Security at U.S. Embassy in Kabul Panned

Lawmakers grilled representatives of the State Department and a private security firm today on the details and administration of a contract to provide protective services at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, suggesting that the company’s deficiencies in the past two years may have placed the compound at risk of an attack. Deputy Assistant SecretaryRead… Read more »

Participation Camp – June 27th and 28th in New York City and Online

Participation Camp is a new and innovative unconference focused on the participatory component of open government. On June 27th and 28th, the weekend immediately preceding Personal Democracy Forum, we’ll take over NYU’s ITP building. http://participationcamp.org Some things we’re doing differently: – a virtual unconference running in parallel to the physical unconference – a conference-wide gameRead… Read more »

Around the District for April/May 2009

http://uscgd13.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-this-video-released-by-coast-guard.html In this video released by the Coast Guard, highlights of Coast Guard stories and events encompassing the Pacific Northwest are presented. This Around the District episode covers April / May 2009 and includes the MSST 91101 GITMO deployment, cases caught on tape, Surfmans Check Award, Military Appreciation Night with the Mariners, chainsaw training, EarthRead… Read more »

who am I?

In case you’re wondering why I invited you to be friends here on GovLoop, it’s probably because you registered for the Gov 2.0 webinar that I recently did for NavigationArts. We are going to be posting some of the questions that we didn’t have time to address so we can all continue the discussion here!

Open Government Dialogue Approval Matrix

This post originally appeared in my blog We the Goverati I recently posted an idea on the Open Government Dialogue under the Public-Private Partnerships section on Creating Accountability for Non-Profit organizationsreceiving government funding. At this point my idea has a positive score of 20. I was pleased with the process, happy to have been ableRead… Read more »

FEI’s upcoming Open Enrollment Programs

Below is information on a selection of FEI’s upcoming open enrollment programs. For more information and to see the complete listing of classes, visit www.leadership.opm.gov Building High Performing Organizations in the 21st Century This advanced program offering is based on three key assumptions: -You are an expert in your organization based on your years ofRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Zients Gives the Public Sector Some Love

Addressing concerns that he lacks familiarity with the public sector, President Obama’s nominee to serve as the nation’s first chief performance officer acknowledged today that his business background has not blessed him with all the solutions necessary to tweak government management and recruitment plans. “I very much recognize and appreciate that government is different fromRead… Read more »