GovHack 2014 has just opened for registration with 10 locations across Australia, being: Brisbane GovHack Canberra GovHack GovHack FNQ (Cairns) Gold Coast GovHack GovHack Tasmania Melbourne GovHack Perth GovHack Sydney GovHack Unleashed Adelaide Unleashed Mount Gambier While competition details are not yet available, the official 2014 datasets will be put online over the next twoRead… Read more »
PSRetirement.com The rules for your Thrift Savings Plan are pretty straightforward while you are working, but they become increasingly more complex as you enter retirement and attempt to access the money that you have saved in your TSP.gov account. You have 5 withdrawal options for your Thrift Savings Plan that you can select from. OptionRead… Read more »
According to a recently released Latham & Watkins Client Alert Commentary, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) jointly released a proposed rule on March 25, 2014, which would represent the most sweeping change in a generation to the rules governing federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction. BasedRead… Read more »
In principle, groups often get bogged down in details (who should do what by when and how) and fail to stay on the high ground (strategic direction and guiding policies). The group as a whole has the unique perspective of seeing all that the group is doing, all the opportunities, all the threats. It isRead… Read more »
Cherry blossoms blooming on the Tidal Basin. This was the winter without end, days and weeks worth of single-digit temperatures that made me want to curl up with a bottle of bourbon and stay inside forever. I’ve never had to wear so many layers. It was a real winter, the kind I thought that DCRead… Read more »
Oreo’s “blackout” tweet. Arby’s tweet about Pharrell’s hat, Nintendo’s Wreck-It Ralph Tweet. These are some of the go-to examples of “real-time marketing.” You can’t watch a live event now without being bombarded by branded messages, all of which are meant to associate the brand with the real-time event and become part of the conversation. Unfortunately,Read… Read more »
Recently I’ve let myself down by not blogging as much as i feel i need to. The benefit i get from writing a post is actually a process of reflective practice which helps me manage the variety of thoughts going on in my head and i really do need to continue my personal commitment toRead… Read more »
In a recent speech by Steve Blank delivered to the 2014 graduating class of ESADE’s MBA program, he asked the graduates to “embrace change and lead the way”. The speech was mostly about the implications technology has imposed on the business world and how we are in a time where we must innovate to survive.Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda DATA Passes: After the Senate unanimously passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (often called the DATA Act, but that’s like saying “ATM Machine,”) Alex Wilhelm of TechCrunch reported that “The original version of the bill passed the House by a vote of 388-1. Given that, the chance of it failing to passRead… Read more »
We recently read a great interview over at EngagingCities on an interesting report detailing 20 significant innovations made in government last year, and we thought it would interest our NCDD members. We encourage you to read the interview below or find the original post here. In late December, GovLoop released a new report, “The GovLoopRead… Read more »