Gadi Ben-Yehuda VanRoekel: Tech and Innovation are “prevailing themes” in 2015 Budget. FCW is reporting that “VanRoekel declared that “the prevailing theme throughout … is tech and innovation. It drives everything we do.”” Related: Alex Howard interviews the Federal CIO, discussing “the risks and potential of open data and digital government.” More Mobile, Social, andRead… Read more »
As you know, Public Service Recognition Week is May 4-7, 2014. For the 2nd year, there will be a 5K run/walk to honor public servants like you and me. Public employees can register at a discounted rate of $20 (includes a t-shirt) and can donate directly to FEEA. Join me in walking/running for a goodRead… Read more »
Do your employees follow because they’re motivated to do so, or are you dragging them along in back of you? If the definition of a good leader is someone who gets results out of people in a consistent and measurable way, then we should also add in the goal of making those results replicable. InRead… Read more »
This week, I had the opportunity to attend Governing’s Outlook in the States and Localities event held in DC. Like every year, the room was chock full of industry folks hoping to hear something that would enable them to improve their relationship with state and local government, each listening with a unique filter for thatRead… Read more »
I had the opportunity to attend the American Council of Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) Cyber Security forum on January 28. That just happened to be Data Privacy Day. From the discussion, it was clear that there is a lot of work to be done around cyber security education and communications outreach. With 1/3Read… Read more »
Federal agencies this year will be subject to a new statutory requirement. A new law requires the Office of Management and Budget to annually determine if agency programs meet goals set out in their annual performance plans. To do this, OMB has created a new review process. A provision of the Government Performance and ResultsRead… Read more »
My daughter’s basketball team lost eight games in a row this season, which is quite a shift from last season when they came in second in the division championship. The main difference this year is they lost their star player. While it provided a great opportunity for the players to take a more active roleRead… Read more »
Is the crowdfunding of public projects really all that new? As a Co-founder of Citizinvestor – a crowdfunding and civic engagement platform for local government projects – my team would love to take credit for this “new” form of civic engagement; but the truth is that citizens have been crowdfunding public projects since the StatueRead… Read more »
Earlier this week I shared my one rule for better job search results. The gentleman who asked me to lunch today must have been reading GovLoop, because he followed the advice to the letter. Let’s hope that he avoids the approach used by Robert, a hypothetical character I created to show exactly how NOT toRead… Read more »
In principle, different ways of deciding should be applied to different types of decisions. Deciding how things should be — planning — is well-suited to a flat decision-making structure; that is, where several decision makers are equal and all fully participate. Some call this consensus decision making. As a rule, the longer and wider theRead… Read more »