Annual Budgeting is a Waste of Time: How to Improve the Corporate Budgeting Process

By Jon Louvar Summertime often represents a slower period for many corporations, unless your responsibilities include budgeting. For companies with fiscal years beginning in January, June often marks the beginning of the long, inefficient and hassle-inducing ritual known as “annual budgeting.” CFOs and finance teams know this ritual all too well. It usually starts withRead… Read more »

Get Your Golden Ticket for NextGen!

UPDATE: GovLoop staff will be at the McPherson, Fed Triangle, Smithsonian and L’Enfant metro stations giving away a free ticket to NextGen on 6/26. The best things in life are free. We are talking nothing. Free of charge. No strings attached. You’ve come to the right place if you like free. We are offering threeRead… Read more »

The Public Safety Journey into Analytics: NYPD Case Study

This is part 2 of 3 of a blog series on Smarter Cities: Building Safer Communities in the Digital Age. This series explores how analytics has empowered the street level bureaucrat, redefining the way public safety officials keep communities safe. Across the country, public safety organizations have leveraged crime analytics to improve efficiencies, connect workersRead… Read more »

Contribute to the 50 (States) in (FY) 14 Project

ELGL is launching a new initiative, “The 50 (States) in (FY) 14 Project” for the new fiscal year. We are committed to touching all 50 states next year by profiling at least one person from the government arena in each state. Each person profiled with be asked the same questions, and at the end ofRead… Read more »