Know Your Company, from 37 Signals, is a really interesting looking idea. As with all their products, from Basecamp to Highrise, it has resulted from scratching their own itch – in other words, solving a problem they had. 37 Signals CEO Jason Fried says that Know Your Company aims to meet the following outcomes: EveryRead… Read more »
Sometimes citizens don’t need a push before they jump into engagement. Sometimes they take matters into their own hands and organize to promote their cause. The key is for government to be right there next to them saying, “It’s ok. You can do this.” Admittedly, this balancing act can be tough to master but theRead… Read more »
Creswell city councilor A.J O’Connell is one week into his two-week attempt to live on a food stamp budget. His attempt was brought to our attention by this LaneToday article: City Councilor To Live On Food Stamp Budget For Two Weeks. We thought we better check up on him before the hunger pains and lackRead… Read more »
by Chris Wiedemann, Analyst If you’ve been following the progress of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), you might have seen a recent GAO report that contained some mixed messages about the program’s progress. First, the good news: according to the report, agencies have already closed around 420 data centers, with another 968 plannedRead… Read more »
This is the story of how four local government employees, on our own time, formed a team and participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking; what we accomplished and what we learned. I recently participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking by attending the Boulder Civic Hackfest in Boulder, Colorado. Together with threeRead… Read more »
Is FEGLI Option “B” a good value for healthy federal employees as they approach retirement? When our client, male age 55 in excellent health, contacted Allfeds.com, he was hoping to preserve his Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance, Option ”B”, into retirement and reduce the costs going forward. Little did he know he could save halfRead… Read more »
The City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Works, is recruiting for the position of Deputy Director for Financial Management and Administration (DDFMA). The Department is seeking an outstanding individual to provide leadership, direction, and management for the Office of Financial Management and Administration (OFFMA), which is comprised of Finance, Budget and PerformanceRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Your iPhone Can Be Hacked With a Modified Charger – This scary news from the Georgia Institute of Technology is that a team of researchers have created a prototype iPhone charger which can inject malware onto devices. It apparently works onRead… Read more »
Originally published at cpsrenewal.ca In my last piece I positioned problem of the facelessness bureaucracy not as an abstract problem that manifests between civil servants and the citizens they serve, but rather a very real problem between civil servants themselves (See: The Real Problem of Facelessness) and in so doing encouraged individual public servants toRead… Read more »
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