Forget the long-predicted retirement tsunami of Baby Boomers. They just might be here to stay. I was reading a post by a colleague of mine and this quote from a podcast interview struck me: At DHS…20-25% [of our workforce] are at retirement eligible age, or soon to be. But what we noticed in 2012 isRead… Read more »
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What’s Really in the Sequestration Deal – Plus Your DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories You Need to Know
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Budget cuts and the potential for sequestration are always going to be on the table. So DHS’s Chief Procurement Officer says feds need to learn to deal with budgetary reality. Click here for the full recap. But up front: Just about everybody is back to it after holiday distractions. The bigRead… Read more »
Countdown to Fiscal Cliff – Plus Your DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: It’s hard to peer into a crystal ball and predict what will be the top trends for government technology. But that’s exactly what the experts at IDC Insights has done. Click here for the full recap. But up front: Countdown to the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Market Watch has a Fiscal Cliff Countdown:Read… Read more »
Pay Freeze Extended, for how long? – DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories you need to know
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Can the government team up to save the Atlantic Ocean? The Menhaden? Click here for the full recap. Is a cloud on every desktop really a reality? Maybe so at the Government Printing Office. We got the inside look from CPO’s Chief Information Officer, Chuck Riddle. Click here for the fullRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up – September 14, 2012
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Using the Internet to Raise Money for Cities. A few weeks ago, I wrote about “kickstarter for civic projects.” One site that’s doing that, Citizinvestor, is off the ground, with five entries from three cities, including four petitions and only one project. Will it gain momentum? Using Data to Earn Money for Entrepreneurs.Read… Read more »
Budget Battle – House proposes Continuing Resolution – DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories you Need to Know
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Feedback — it is so important to accomplishing your mission, but we all hate it… to give feedback… to get feedback. But there are ways to deliver that feedback effectively. Click here for the full recap. Click here for the full recap. Bone marrow — most of us don’t fully understandRead… Read more »
Congress returns and the White House misses sequestration deadline — DorobekINSIDER stories you need to know
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Within hours after the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly 60 years ripped through Joplin, Missouri, the first team of AmeriCorps members arrived on the scene to lend a helping hand. You’ll meet the women leading the charge. Click here for the full recap. Securing your mobile device — it’s not justRead… Read more »
7 Ideas on White House’s Project MyGov
One of the new Presidential Innovation Fellows project is Project MyGov: Reimagining the relationship between the federal government and its citizens through an online footprint developed not just for the people, but also by the people. myGov will rapidly prototype a streamlined and intuitive system for presenting information and accepting feedback around the needs ofRead… Read more »
The Secret sauce to program management success and the Facebook effect on the election
On today’s program Do vague requirements cause programs to fail? Click here for the full recap. And in the DorobekINSIDER water-cooler fodder: What does a VP nomination do to your number of Facebook followers. Sequestration — yes, again A trade association representing major defense contractors is projecting mass layoffs of air traffic controllers and closingsRead… Read more »
The good news and bad news of a continuing resolution — 7 DorobekINSIDER stories you need to know
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 14th of August, 2012 A tentative deal for a six-month continuing resolution would, if approved, avert a government shutdown until March. BUT, it also would set back plans for new and expanded programs. Federal Times reports the IRS would be unable to add more taxRead… Read more »