Government Contracts: Where to Search at the Federal, State and Local Levels

The United States is the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services, each year spending over 7 trillion dollars in public procurement. This makes the U.S. government the most reliable customer for business of all sizes selling everything from environmental services and products, lighting, office supplies, construction, and technology to name a just aRead… Read more »

Coffeeneuring: Buzz Bakery, Slaters Lane, Alexandria, VA

Shutdown has a silver lining – more time for coffeeneuring! What is coffeenuering? The idea is simple: Ride your bike to 7 different local coffee shops from Saturday October 5 through Sunday, November 17. You ride your bike to a coffee shop, take a photo and tag it with #coffeeneuring. Simple. After some research onRead… Read more »

Don’t Leave the Subject Line Until the Last Minute

Some people may view email as the least creative form of marketing, but the fact is, it rules as one of the most cost-effective and efficient ways to get your message out. You may spend hours or days crafting the core content of your message, with the subject line left as an afterthought. However, manyRead… Read more »

Four Elements That Promote Effective Coordination

The successes and failures of U.S civil-military. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan serve as the basis for lessons learned in creating effective interagency coordination. “Interagency coordination is an essential ele­ment of effective public leadership,” writes Dr. Andrea Strimling Yodsampa in a new report for the IBM Center on effective practices for interagency coordination, using U.S. civil-militaryRead… Read more »

Healthy Democracy Wins IAP2′s 2013 Project of the Year

We hope you will join us in extending a huge congratulations to our friends at Healthy Democracy, who were just awarded with the IAP2 2013 International Project of the Year Award for their Citizens’ Initiative Review project, which we recently highlighted on our blog. Both Healthy Democracy and the International Association for Public Participation areRead… Read more »

Federal CFOs: Something’s Gotta Give

Continuing to provide adequate services in the face of unprecedented across-the-board cuts; a declining, dispirited workforce; and growing financial and other management requirements is the top concern of Federal Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), according to the 18th annual federal CFO Survey conducted by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) in partnership with Grant Thornton LLP.Read… Read more »

Position Yourself for Tomorrow

Quote: “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” – James Allen Have you ever watched a television doctor show and the doctors are frantically trying to save someone only to have the person die and flat line. Yes, me too. It’s sad. What’s evenRead… Read more »

Dharmishta Rood: Why I’m Coding for America

When I was in college I wanted to be a fashion designer. Or perhaps I was a fashion designer, insofar as any 19-year-old with a sewing machine on her kitchen table and a screen-printing studio in her garage is a fashion designer. I was fascinated with the way clothes made people feel, akin to theRead… Read more »

This is the time to jump on the gravy train and find your way into public sector, our Congress just lost 8 of its members.

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 10/8/13 4:22 PM EDT Updated: 10/8/13 9:56 PM EDT Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/immigration-rally-national-mall-98001.html#ixzz2hBmor9TXBy SEUNG MIN KIM | 10/8/13 4:22 PM EDT Updated: 10/8/13 9:56 PM EDT Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/immigration-rally-national-mall-98001.html#ixzz2hBmor9TX

Online challenges arrive in Australian government

With psychedelic splendour, the ACT government has become the first Australian jurisdiction to launch a serious whole-of-government online challenges site. Through the Digital Canberra Challenge website, the ACT is now asking “Canberra’s brightest minds” to help improve government services. The first round contains two challenges, to improve the process of event approvals and to makeRead… Read more »