Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The Ed Techie: You can stop worrying about MOOCs now Edtech startups have great products. Their sales? Not so great | PandoDaily Pull out and keep – Your guide to UK gov IT failures – Public Sector IT The Python Tutorial — Python v2.7.5 documentation ThinkRead… Read more »

Guest Blog: Sequestration and the Cloud

(This post was provided by Praveen Asthana, Chief Marketing Office of Gravitant, a cloud service brokerage and management company) Sequestration burst out of obscurity and entered our household vocabulary in 2013. It got our attention because the impact of it is $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts from the Federal budget over the next tenRead… Read more »

Post-it Note Update!

At last week’s GSA Business Roundtable, GSA leaders and Coalition members participated in a Myth-Busters Discussion exercise to “brainstorm” ideas in support of GSA Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini’s new mission statement and six priorities. To foster dialogue and engagement, the mission statement, six priorities and post-it notes were provided to each table. Attendees were instructedRead… Read more »

Five Minute Challenge

The ELGL Five Minute Challenge is what separates our ordinary members from the extraordinary. It’s quick, easy, and allows you to walk the walk (instead of just talking the talk) when it comes to mentoring, helping the next generation of leaders, and promoting the local government profession. Here’s how it works: 1. Pick a 2013Read… Read more »

Resume Book Overview

Below please find the summarized 2013 Resume Book submissions. This is available to ELGL readers (members can access the full Resume Book page here). Resume Book participants were encouraged to include a three item summary of their career aspirations and skills to share in the public version of the Resume Book. If you are anRead… Read more »

Be Part of Something Big – This Weekend

This weekend more than 6,000 individuals from businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies, as well as local citizens will come together to participate in 95 events throughout the United States as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH). This is the largest convening of civic hackers to ever assemble. Code for America is oneRead… Read more »

New Government of Canada policies related to social media

Recently the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat released two very important documents, which finally put some meat into the pro-collaboration and engagement statements frequently being made by both the Clerk of the Privy Council as well as the President of the Treasury Board over the last few years. In the world of TBS issued guidanceRead… Read more »

May 31 Podcast: Weekly Cyber Roundup

By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I examined some of the top cyber stories of the past week. The Chinese IP theft issues are still going strong, requiring comment from the President as well as leading some people down some pretty freaky paths. GSA has unveiled their government-wide MDM program which will be a bigRead… Read more »

The One-Stop Shop for Health Insurance

Yesterday, the White House released a memo outlining the prospects of the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace to increase choice and control for consumers. The Marketplace (aka Exchanges) will be operated differently in each state, but will nonetheless serve as the single application through which folks will be able to see if they qualify for financialRead… Read more »