iCohere Education Series Webinar: Virtual Peer Learning Case Study, August 8

iCohere Education Series Webinar This webinar is free for government employees. Thursday, August 8, 11:00am to Noon Eastern Peer learning can be particularly effective for government agencies, where the need for expertise is strong, yet training and development resources are limited. In this live interactive webinar, participants will hear about the purpose and benefits ofRead… Read more »

Weekly Round-up: July 19, 2013

Gadi Ben-Yehuda Last week, GSA OK’ed Instagram, this week, FedTech rounds up “7 Federal Agencies That Have Embraced Vine.” As FastCoExist reports on a citizenship app, ReadWrite discusses “citizen developers“ On HowTo.Gov, Justin Herman invites fellow federalistas to the SocialGov Summit. Dan Chenok GSA focuses more emphasis on strategic sourcing. Progress on Cyber Executive Order.Read… Read more »

Yet Another Study Showing Tax Breaks Do Not Create Jobs

Study after study shows that tax breaks and other government incentives do not create the number of jobs that are promised in return for such funding. The latest study to prove this point is by the New York State Authorities Budget Office. As reported in the Buffalo News: “Back in 2008, the industrial development agenciesRead… Read more »

Help Us Procure Procurement Policies

If you’re a government official with knowledge about your local gov’s procurement process or data, we want to hear from you — please take 10 minutes to fill out our Local Gov Procurement Survey. With nearly 60 percent of senior-level government IT officials in a recent Government Technology survey citing the public procurement process asRead… Read more »

Contribute to The Guide for Opening Government

In an example of openness in action, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/AI) is redeveloping The Guide to Opening Government using a collaborative approach. First developed by the T/AI in 2011 with leading experts, The Guide brought together key practical steps governments can take to achieve openness, supporting civil society organisations and governments to developRead… Read more »

An Interview with Pushpa Chandra of Silver Tail

By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I interviewed Pushpa Chandra, Principal Product Manager at Silver Tail. Pushpa has been working with big data for years, and is a part of the Silver Tail team that develops their web capability. Silver Tail was recently purchased by EMC, and is a part of their RSA security portfolio.Read… Read more »

Recap – Smarter Government: Intelligent Law Enforcement & Analytics to Help Keep Communities Safe

Today, GovLoop hosted an illuminating webinar about local governments and law enforcement officials utilizing analytics to help keep communities safe. As the landscape of our nation is changing and technology is becoming more advanced, it is imperative that law enforcement agencies stay up to date and employ all resources available to keep us safe. DuringRead… Read more »

Federal Telework Opportunities

Anyone know of any federal telework opportunities? I’m in Utah. Are there federal headhunters that you can hire for this type of thing? I’ve worked for the government for 7 years. I’ve already been told that my current position is not telecommute eligible. I’m aware of USAJOBS.GOV. But, nothing has come available in my area.

Rebecca Ackerman: Why I’m Coding for America

Last summer I was biking around western Pilsen, a majority Latino neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, when most of the road disappeared. I’ve lived on the South Side the entire time I’ve been in Chicago, and had always assumed the potholes near me were as bad as it got. But as I navigatedRead… Read more »