Story One – A friend is going through a job change. She was working on getting out more, and walked in to an Arlington County job assistance center in Ballston. She wanted to leave invitations for a free job search techniques presentation by a nationally known outplacement consultant that was being given in DC. ARead… Read more »
Colleagues, Fellow National Association of Government Communicators member Jane CaultonHead reached out to our president, Glen Thomas, for help with a research project supporting her Ph.D. studies in Organizational Leadership at Regent University. With his approval and support, she is now asking for our help with her research exploring the culture of courageous followers asRead… Read more »
Code for America’s 2014 Fellowship application closed at midnight last night and we’re happy to announce that 658 talented individuals applied for the program. To those of you who applied — thank you so much for your dedication to civic tech. You will be receiving an email from us shortly with next steps. For thoseRead… Read more »
by Stephanie Sullivan, Consultant Agencies recognize that software vendors are the experts in the cyber security field, and they’re virtually begging for stakeholder engagement, so it’s really becoming more and more important to involve yourself in building out requirements, and to meet those voluntary but critical security needs. Dr. Ron Ross, Senior Computer Scientist andRead… Read more »
We’ve been working on the GovDays event planning our little hearts out when one of the team members said, “Hey, I love it when we do the drupal ladder, but I feel like we need to do more. We need a dedicated room and we need to do training. The kind of training you wouldRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast Ray Falcione of Brocade personally invites CTOvision listener to the Federal Forum 2013. Ray Falcione is a senior business manager responsible for the intelligence community for Brocade. Brocade has partnered with MeriTalk to host an event that should be excellent. You can read my preview of the event here.Read… Read more »
Do you think you have multitasking virtual team members? Is your vision of virtual workers one of partial attention to work tasks while making an Italian meal, coaching little league soccer, or updating Facebook pages? If so, you probably will issue a schlep back to the office order like the now infamous request from Yahoo’sRead… Read more »
I wanted to circle back around and quickly talk about operating models because I’ve recently had some questions from people. I think giving a conceptual understanding of it might be helpful so I’d like to bring up one of my favorite books on this topic. It’s called Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation forRead… Read more »
Earlier this week in Washington DC I attended a meeting cosponsored by George Mason University and the Bipartisan Policy Center. Speakers, current or former members of the executive or legislative branches, addressed historical and current events surrounding sequestration, government shutdowns, and management uncertainties in Federal agencies. The discussions were not pretty and present a grimRead… Read more »
When making a decision, especially in the public sector, it is imperative that officials understand the costs and benefits of their choice, whether it be establishing a new program or making changes to an existing program. Below, I provide a broad, standard process officials can follow when conducting a cost-benefit analysis. I did not goRead… Read more »