Making Adult Education Attractive

As adults we have so many things competing for our time – kids, work or school, significant others, hobbies, extended families, and friends. So even though there’s an enormous amount of online learning material and educational opportunities the challenge is finding the time in our busy lives to take advantage of it all. And evenRead… Read more »

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

Stocks ended a positive week with a big rally on Friday triggered by the April jobs report. The report was slightly better than the estimates, but there were some very positive revisions made to prior month’s reports, which may have taken investors by surprise. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through MayRead… Read more »

Avaya TechTalk 010: Next Generation 9-1-1 Now!

By Guy Clinch Now Playing: Avaya TechTalk 010: Next Generation 9-1-1 Now! Listen now! Introduction: How organizations and Government can obtain many of the values of NG9-1-1 today – In this episode of Avaya Tech Talk APNPodcast host Guy Clinch, engages in conversation with Tim Kenyon, President of Conveyant Systems, Inc. and Matt Serra, Sr.Read… Read more »

Visualizing the Future of Government

I believe that the future of government is one of increased transparency and collaborative problem-solving. What gets us there is creating a culture of participation, in which citizens across industries contribute their expertise to help solve our shared difficult problems. In November I got to participate in furthering open government at Code for America’s “DataRead… Read more »

NAGC Communications School: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Posted by NAGC President Glen Thomas NAGC recently wrapped up its annual Communications School in Arlington, VA. The Communications School is NAGC’s cornerstone event, and this one did not disappoint with a variety of entertaining, informative and interactive speakers and topics. As I stated in my opening remarks to the group, our industry is oneRead… Read more »

Thought No. 10: Continuing the Dialogue is More than Checking the Box!

Thought No. 10: Myth-Busters – Continuing the Dialogue is More than Checking the Box! Given the current budgetary challenges we face, continuing the dialogue among all stakeholders on key acquisition policies, procedures and programs is vital to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement system. Over the last decade we have seen the growingRead… Read more »

The Future of Government: Open 311 – Best Practices

Lily Liu, CEO and Founder of PublicStuff has written a very informative piece for The Huffington Post, on how governments should be innovating with Open 311 and has given a series of practical tips to get started: Link to article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lily-liu/practical-tips-for-cities_b_3187535.html In May 2009 the first version of the Open311 API was introduced in Washington,Read… Read more »

The Public Promise of Big Data

Originally posted to cpsrenewal.ca Right now the web is awash with articles about Big Data; it seems like everyone is getting caught up in the rush. I myself even declared that Big Data will become one of the most important policy inputs over the next 10 years (See: Big Data, Social Media, and the LongRead… Read more »