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Amy DeWolf started the topic Training hours – what's the ideal amount? in the forum Careers 2 months, 3 weeks ago

A recent GovLooper asked: how many hours of training should you be taking per year? What is ideal?

What do you think? How many hours of training (online and in person) do you take? Is it enough?
Amy DeWolf replied to the topic Career Advice: How do you work with a boss who wants to keep you in a box? in the forum Careers 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Thank you both for these recommendations- great ideas!
Amy DeWolf started the topic Career Advice: How do you work with a boss who wants to keep you in a box? in the forum Careers 3 months ago

A GovLooper recently asked:

“What are some strategies to use when working with a supervisor who wants to ‘keep you in the box’ and stifles your attempts to you to develop yourself?”

What do you think? Any specific examples or strategies she can use to develop her skills or get her boss on board with her professional development?
Amy DeWolf started the topic Career Advice: How do you work with a boss who wants to keep you in a box? in the forum Careers 3 months ago

A GovLooper recently asked:

“What are some strategies to use when working with a supervisor who wants to ‘keep you in the box’ and stifles your attempts to develop yourself?”

What do you think? Any specific examples or strategies she can use to develop her skills or get her boss on board with her professional development?
Amy DeWolf started the topic Live Well San Diego and More – Smarter Care for Health Communities in the forum Smarter Government: Analytics to Outcomes 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Healthcare remains one of the largest and fastest-growing components of government expenditure, consuming more than 15 percent of government spending worldwide. However healthcare alone accounts for only 10 – 25 percent of the variance in health over time.

Homelessness, physical disability and unemployment are just a few examples of conditions…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf started the topic Live Well San Diego and More – Smarter Care for Health Communities in the forum Smarter Government: Analytics to Outcomes 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Healthcare remains one of the largest and fastest-growing components of government expenditure, consuming more than 15 percent of government spending worldwide. However healthcare alone accounts for only 10 – 25 percent of the variance in health over time.

Homelessness, physical disability and unemployment are just a few examples of conditions…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, 9 Learning Tips We Can All Use 4 months ago

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we want to engage learners. Whether that be constituents, colleagues, our specific teams, or other organizations, we want to create content, share it, and have […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, “Oprah on Steroids” — Quotes from Learning 2014 4 months ago

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 Conference in Disney World. In addition to hanging out with Mickey and an Abba cover band (I’m serious), it was an awesome four days of […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, How Montgomery County Instituted Financial Transparency 4 months, 2 weeks ago

As we prepare for GovLoop’s first-ever State and Local Innovators Virtual Summit, we and the presenters are posting blogs about many of the sessions and some of the tips they will share. The summit is October 22nd […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, Securing the Cloud at Your Level 4 months, 2 weeks ago

As we prepare for GovLoop’s first-ever State and Local Innovators Virtual Summit, we and the presenters are posting blogs about many of the sessions and some of the tips they will share. The summit is October […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, How Fairfax County Opened Up Its GIS Data 4 months, 2 weeks ago

As we prepare for GovLoop’s first-ever State and Local Innovators Virtual Summit, we and the presenters are posting blogs about many of the sessions and some of the tips they will share. The summit is October […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, Why Go Paperless – Why ECM is Essential Technology for Local Government 4 months, 3 weeks ago

As we prepare for GovLoop’s first-ever State and Local Innovators Virtual Summit, we and the presenters are posting blogs about many of the sessions and some of the tips they will share. The summit is October […]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, More Than Buzz – Redefine Federal IT 5 months ago

“If our federal government can truly implement a more transparent and open environment that leverages the proven insights and efficiencies available from big data, I’m really optimistic that the impact can be truly transformational.” – Audie Hittle, CTO, EMC Isilon in GovLoop’s Capitalizing on the Open Data Revolution guide.

There’s a lot of…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, Connected Government – Why it Matters & What You Can Do 5 months ago

Government leaders at all levels of government strive to deliver excellent, citizen-centric service to their constituents – on a budget. In addition to tight resources, they must continually adjust to rising citizen expectations. Nowadays, citizens want to interact with government just like they do with any other organization- on the go and most…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf commented on the post, How Gov Is Truly Making a Difference 5 months ago

Such great stories!
Amy DeWolf posted an update in the group Smarter Government: Analytics to Outcomes 5 months ago

GovLoop and IBM just launched a new guide- Your Journey to Big Data and Analytics – get part 1 here: http://direct.govloop.com/Big-Data-Analytics-Adoption-Part1
Amy DeWolf wrote a new post, Protecting Health Data – 3 Things to Consider 5 months, 2 weeks ago

When you think of data that should be protected, health data is typically at the very top. From birthdates to social security numbers, this information, personally identifiable information (PII), is a hacker’s dream. And healthcare data breaches are on the rise, with some recent research showing a 138% increase since 2012. This is a problem not…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf started the topic GovLoop is hosting a State and Local Virtual Summit – 10/22 in the forum State and Local 5 months, 2 weeks ago

GovLoop is hosting our first ever State and Local Innovators Virtual Summit on October 22nd! Check out the page here and be sure to register: direct.govloop.com/State-Local-Virtual-Summit.

In addition to the 6 online trainings, there’s two keynotes, networking opportunities and lots of resources on topics ranging from cloud to GIS to Open Data.…[Read more]
Amy DeWolf commented on the post, New GovLoop – Bigger, Faster, Stronger 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi Karen, thanks for the question! Right now it’s all on the GovLoop backend – I just checked and you’ve participated in 5+ programs which means you’ll ll be receiving an email very shortly to get your govloop […]
Amy DeWolf and Jeff Ribeira are now friends 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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