Posts Tagged: budget

Pentagon to reduce # of furlough days – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 stories

It’s Telework Week here on the DorobekINSIDER. Each day we will follow a telework trendsetter in the wake of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end telework. On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Telework Week is going strong here on the DorobekINSIDER, people on both sides of the debate have told us their impassioned reasons to teleworkRead… Read more »

Congress Averts a Gov Shutdown – Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The headlines surrounding sequestration have slowed down, but that doesn’t mean its gone away for feds. In fact, the effects of sequestration are piling up at agencies. The Partnership for Public Service has tips to balancing your work and sequestration. Click here for the full recap. What’s the biggest challenge facingRead… Read more »

7 Marines Killed During Training Exercise – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Transparency is essential for good government. Federal scientists play an important role in fulfilling that mandate by providing critical expertise to decision makers. So how open is your agency. Look at the report card. Click here for the full recap. Sequestration Reader The Washington Post: House hearing will examine decisions behindRead… Read more »

Don’t Expect a Federal Pay Raise – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Philadelphia recently hired its first ever Director of Civic Technology. The new post is part of the Mayor’s overall plan for innovation management in Philadelphia. You’ll meet him and find out what inspired this role. Click here for the full recap. Sequestration Reader Government Executive: The Senate hopes to have aRead… Read more »

Is the sequester hurting cybersecurity? Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Does big data really matter? TechAmerica’s new survey says a resounding yes. We go over the pros and cons with TechAmerica’s president Jennifer Kerber. Click here for the full recap. It’s Pi Day! Happy 3.14 day. USA Today has found five ways to celebrate. Your Sequestration Reader: Federal News Radio: TheRead… Read more »

Congress on Course to Extend Expiring Continuing Resolution

Originally posted at The Government Affairs Institute Both chambers remain on course to pass a largely uncontroversial extension of the expiring continuing resolution (CR) that will be comprised of an omnibus and probably five out of the 12 individual appropriations bills. It will set FY13 discretionary spending at $984b, equal to the sequester level, butRead… Read more »

Sequester Day 11 – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Crowdsourcing solutions for government problems through coding competitions. Sounds cool right? And it’s making a big difference. But some in government are slow to pick up the trend. We talk about with TopCoder. Click here for the full recap. Yes, sequestration continues while others may have moved on, we will continueRead… Read more »

Wading through the sequestration back and forth – Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sequestration is a monumental loss of government productivity and further erodes what the government is supposed to be doing,” said UMD Public Policy Dean, Don Kettl. Do you agree? The DorobekINSIDER Sequestration reader: Day 6 — There are talks The headlines: There are talks going on. Last night, President Obama metRead… Read more »

The Budget and the Sequester – Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sequestration carries the threat of widespread furloughs of many federal employees, but the alternatives could amount to a case of pick your poison for those same feds. We go over the alternatives with the Post’s Eric Yoder. Click here for the full recap. The DorobekINSIDER sequestration reader: day 4 — focusingRead… Read more »

An Open Government Update from Russia

Dear all, Last year here in Russia we actively promoted open data and open government initiatives, started new projects and right now we see and review a lot of open government projects lauched by government agencies. Unfortunately most of these projects are only in Russian so I suggest to use tools like Google Translate toRead… Read more »