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 »
The latest breach of database of customers’ credit and debit cards at Target has once more brought to the fore the issue of identity theft and how its affects almost all Americans. Many of us shop or know someone that have shopped at Target, the second largest retailer in the United States. But none ofRead… Read more »
John Mahoney, chairman of the labor and employment practice group at the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC, sat down with Federal News Radio’s Mike Causey to discuss professional liability insurance. – http://www.federalnewsradio.com/741/3556382/Professional-liability-insurance-and-more
Not Ron, but Henry/Frank/Danny/Jamie Reagan of Blue Bloods, a four-year series on CBS. How many people follow Blue Bloods? In a time of changing mores, Blue Bloods is an examination of how to live, how to act, where to focus. There are four male protagonists. They are all at different levels in the family business,Read… Read more »
Millions of people watched Gwen Dean as she quit her job as an engineer in a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last week. Gwen’s dream was to start a puppeteer business, and with the help of GoDaddy.com, she is doing just that. Over 17 million of us have watched Marina Shifrin’s “I quit”Read… Read more »
By Kimberly Eaglin, As customers we expect high quality. It’s an expectation we should all keep in mind when the tables are turned and we’re providing a product or service. High quality equals higher customer satisfaction and a greater chance of continued partnership. In Part I of my blog on Effective Quality Control, I describedRead… Read more »