I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
Yahoo! may be trend setters after all – Best Buy just released it was ending its work from home program called Results Only Work Environment or ROWE (Well…sorta.) You now need your manager’s approval first. Actually, ironic considering ROWE first began at Best Buy in an effort to give the company a competitive advantage. TheRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Internal and external stakeholders each need and want something different from government websites. Government communicators face real challenges making sites effectively manage those needs to provide the best content and services to users. ENC Strategy Account Director Josh DeLung will take you through a case study inRead… Read more »
Yesterday the House passed a six-month FY13 continuing resolution (CR) that maintains sequester level spending for the remainder of the fiscal year, but provides appropriations to Defense and Milcon-VA. The measure, HR 933, passed by a vote of 267-151, would extend the federal pay freeze but grants military personnel a 1.7 percent pay increase. ItRead… Read more »
The Best Quotes From Rand Paul’s Filibuster of John Brennan’s Nomination Vote Welcome Newest Members Evan Fransted, University of Colorado Denver, MPA Student Bradley Olin, California State University – Office of the Chancellor, System Budget Analyst Upcoming Forums March 7: Tiffany Couch, Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City Manager AprilRead… Read more »
Planning for ELGL’s first annual conference is underway! The planning team represents the best and the brightest of ELGL membership, with each member offering a unique perspective that will make our event the most unique local government conference in the region. If you would like to stay engaged with conference planning, watch this space forRead… Read more »
It is hard to change constitutions – deliberately so. It is hard to re-engineer physical infrastructure – intrinsically so. It is hard to stop and start again from scratch. Every decision and every context in which those decisions are made is the product of what has gone before, even when in another sense they mayRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The secret origins of Google’s Chrome OS Book available in print-on-demand format The Opportunities And Dangers In Our Existing Habits On Channels and Combinations #ukgc13 #commscamp13 #tuttle NESTA provides a framework for innovation towards a better later life Improving internet literacy and digital inclusion in theRead… Read more »
Somerville, Massachusetts is a city of 75,000 people located just north of Boston. Somerville as a city understands the importance of leadership training. Two years ago the city brought in Dr. Hugh O’Doherty a Harvard professor and leadership expert to teach City managers and department heads adaptive leadership skills. Mayor Joseph Curtatone recently created theRead… Read more »