06.25.13: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (North West Remix)

To celebrate the new fiscal year, here’s a complimentary issue of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. You can receive these weekly job announcement by joining ELGL – free for students, $20 for individuals, and $250 for organizations. North West Meaning Explained: Kimye Baby Name ‘Inspirational’ Not ‘Directional’ ELGL Corporate Members Colin Baenziger & Associates – Active RecruitmentsRead… Read more »

What does NGEN Stand For?: Not Getting Easier GOODGRIEF!!

By ChrisScott Today the Navy announced that they had relieved the O6 in charge of the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) acquisition program. When I read the news, I thought that FINALLY someone was going to be held accountable for the years of delays and the millions of dollars wasted on this mess. But no…Read… Read more »

DISA and DLA Seek to Reduce IT Costs by 20 Percent

By Timothy Coleman The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) have announced that senior leaders of both organizations had met to discuss ways of implementing significant cost-cutting measures aimed at reducing overall Information Technology (IT) spending by 20 percent. The goal of the effort is two-fold and seeks to reduceRead… Read more »

The Uncertain Future of Open Data in the Government of Canada

It is possible to state that presently, open data is at its high water mark in the Government of Canada. Data.gc.ca has been refreshed, more importantly, the government has signed the Open Data Charter committing it to making data “open” by default, and a rash of new data sets have been made available. In otherRead… Read more »

New Public Management: A New Style for Government Administration

Is running the government like a business a good idea? New Public Management (NPM) is a relatively new style of government administration. In short, NPM revolves around running the government like a business. NPM focuses more specifically on seven different traits of running the government like a business: Customer orientation, Efficiency and effectiveness, Competition, possiblyRead… Read more »

How Volunteering Can Make You a Better Leader

This week, for the second year in a row, I am volunteering as a contractor and will be joining several hundred youth and adults from my faith-based community to perform home improvement work in the homes of needy people living in an economically depressed area. The 140 or so projects we will complete include painting,Read… Read more »

Reminder: CCS webinar tomorrow on how to organize multiple dialogues in your community

Hey, everyone! We have a one-hour webinar scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm Eastern for the national dialogue initiative Creating Community Solutions. Two NCDD members I just adore — Martha McCoy of Everyday Democracy and Daniel Clark of AmericaSpeaks — are leading the webinar, on the topic “Organizing Multiple Conversations Across Your Community.” If you’reRead… Read more »

Infographic of the Month – June 2013

This month’s infographic, Improving Healthcare Buildings with BIM, is brought to you by one of my very favorite companies, Autodesk. Just like infographics, BIM makes use of visualization techniques to convey a message in a more interesing way that makes ideas easier to understand. If you have an interesting infographic related to public works orRead… Read more »