Master the Phone Interview
The Feds are doing a lot more phone and VTC/Skype interviewing these days. Here are some ideas to help prepare yourself so you can put your best foot forward… [read more]
Droid Users, Come on In!
A new group was created today for Droid Users (or wannabes). Some good interaction so far with some great tips provided and apps shared. Come on in and share your knowledge, ask some questions, or just connect with some Awesome GovLoop Droidinares!
New Study Demonstrates Social Media’s Predictive Power for Gov’t
OhMyGov Inc. just announced the release of a new study which shows that Congressional Republicans are gaining public support on social media at significantly higher rates than their Democratic counterparts. The study, which ran from May through August this year, examined the percent rate by which members of Congress were acquiring new Facebook fans inRead… Read more »
See How Three DC Organizations Achieved Work Management Success
Having been involved in various government and private SharePoint-related projects, an issue that often arise is the lack of buy-in and long term commitment from decision makers. A key factor I found is often decision makers’ limited understanding of the platform benefits versus the obstacles for successful implementation. It is imperative that executives have theRead… Read more »
How to Be Good at ANYTHING!
If you regret not having learned how to do something and think it’s too late to be good at it, read on: Are you beyond those 30-something years when you were convinced there was plenty of time to take up a sport, a new career, a college degree? Just because you didn’t do it before,Read… Read more »
Put “Housing First” by handling compliance with ECM
One thing that government tries to do is fix things that are not being taken care of by the private sector. You’ll find this happening quite often in the affordable housing department. Perfect example: The flip side of our last decade’s real estate boom was that entire segments of the population could not afford housing.Read… Read more »
GovUp & Cisco: The nature of digital trust
Let’s look at one of the basic elements of network security that Chris Coleman mentioned during his presentation Tuesday night (petulant microphone not included). He spoke of trust, trust in the network beneath the Internet, beneath the applications, the companies and the net itself. Without said trust, as Coleman said, the entire system of exchanges,Read… Read more »
Air Force Information Technology and HP
I recently returned from the annual Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC) in beautiful downtown Montgomery, Alabama. While Montgomery may seem like an unusual choice of location for a military technology conference, Montgomery is home to Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base and the Gunter Annex, which is one of leading Air Force information technology centers inRead… Read more »
Australian Public Servants – A license to challenge
Another interesting development here in Australia. OK. There is a lot of conversation about the need for cultural change in the public sector to get the most out of social media and make Gov 2.0 happen. Not to mention the need to make a big shift to get innovation and public sector reform moving. ForRead… Read more »
Federal Coach: Leading in Emergencies: Lessons from Haiti
In today’s column, I speak with Pius Bannis, the Haiti field office director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. To read the interview, please click here.