As I was sifting through updates on Facebook last night, I came across an interesting photo that one of my friends “Liked” on her Facebook page. The picture was of a letter sent from Republican Congresswoman, Ann Wagner, to Dan Strodel, Chief Administrative Officer, requesting that her pay be withheld throughout the shutdown. Ann’s requestRead… Read more »
Preparing for and writing a bid proposal can be a long and stressful time for many business owners looking to enter the world of government contracting. With so many details and usually a several people involved in the process it’s easy to make a mistake or two along the way. Here are is a listRead… Read more »
On October 1st 2013, The U.S. Postal Service Headquarters held their Campaign Kickoff with the Deputy Postmaster General presiding over the grand event. Not snow, nor rain, nor government shutdown will keep the U.S. Postal Service from their appointed rounds and the kickoff was just another example of how dedicated the U.S. Postal Service isRead… Read more »
In-Q-Tel has teamed up with AppThwack and Socrata to develop cloud services for the intelligence markets, GCN reported Oct. 1. The CIA’s investment arm intends for the partnerships to help intelligence analysts identify data, share information and assess applications, according to the report. AppThwack will serve to help In-Q-Tel enhance its cloud-based app evaluation platform,Read… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »