Buffalo City Council members meet every two weeks to take actions on the many different issues and items that come before them. Councilmembers have the ability to raise any new ideas or concerns they have by filing a resolution, which will bring the item before the full Council. As I wrote about in a previousRead… Read more »
In 2012 EMC made a generous contribution to Code for America, in a joint effort to take advantage of the promise of big data for local governments. They sponsored a data science Fellow, Matt Hampel, who during his Fellowship created LocalData as a member of the Detroit team; now he and his teammates are buildingRead… Read more »
Code for America Yearbook is an ongoing series of my interviews with 2013 Fellows about their year at CfA. Last week I sat down with Ryan and here’s what he had to say. Name: Ryan Closner Fellowship City: Las Vegas Hometown: Portland, Ore. Current Neighborhood: Mission Role: Programmer DOB: 3/29/89 Q: How did you findRead… Read more »
There are a great many insights we can get on the Federal workforce by looking at the Best Places to Work survey conducted by Partnership for Public Service, but one struck me as particularly revealing. In looking at the data from the 2012 survey, we can see that only four in ten Federal employees believeRead… Read more »
by Steve Charles, Co-founder and Executive Vice President I’m glad to note the General Services Administration (GSA) has gotten past its rough patch and has a new leadership team in place, including a long-awaited confirmed administrator, Dan Tangherlini. While some in industry continue to think GSA will never recover, I’m seeing signs of new lifeRead… Read more »
One of the things that gets undercounted in most organizations is the time and effort spent responding to data calls. I think there’s probably a great piece research work that could be done just in looking at data calls that fall outside of normal business process flows within large organizations whether they are public sectorRead… Read more »
The implementation of teacher performance-assessment systems is an important topic for those working and interested in education policy. At all levels of government, especially state and local, government administrators and school leaders are struggling to reform current evaluation systems to ensure that they are collecting the right information and assessing teachers fairly. Below, I discussRead… Read more »
Nearly everything is offered virtually nowadays. Virtual trainings, courses, career fairs, conferences and even concerts are happening across the globe, redefining how people engage in learning, recreation and job-related activities. Virtual events are also gaining traction in the public sector due to a “perfect storm” of overlapping factors, such as extended travel restrictions, greater publicRead… Read more »
Today, OMB launched the fifth annual SAVE Award (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) – a competition for Federal employees to submit their ideas for how to cut waste, save taxpayer dollars, and create a more efficient and effective government. Borne out of the President’s belief that the best ideas often come from those on theRead… Read more »
Here is your chance to share your knowledge and be recognized as an expert in the open source community. We are accepting sessions on all types of open source topics. We especially want to invite the non-CMS folks who advocate Jekyll to present because it would be good to hear a different perspective. By theRead… Read more »