New Reports New Report: Information Needs of Communities (by the FCC) “The FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities today delivered an in-depth analysis of the current state of the media landscape along with a broad range of recommendations. The staff-level report, titled “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in aRead… Read more »
“The FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities today delivered an in-depth analysis of the current state of the media landscape along with a broad range of recommendations. The staff-level report, titled “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age” [full PDF here or read by chapter here] wasRead… Read more »
Providing Government with Vital Intelligence to Make Effective Procurement Decisions FREE access for government employees to: Over 1.3 million company profiles Over 480 organization charts of government agencies Nearly 2 million federal and state and local contacts Over 3.2 million labor rates from federal contracts Updates on thousands of active procurements Thousands of awarded RFPsRead… Read more »
GovLoopers, I encourage you to take a look at our new GovLab study, “XBC: Creating public value by unleashing the power of cross-boundary collaboration.” I think there are some fairly groundbreaking things in the study including a typology of cross-boundary networks, a little tool for choosing the best type of collaboration network to meet yourRead… Read more »
7 Reasons Federal Government Contractors should consider their advantages in the state and local marketplace. http://jenniferschaus-b2g.blogspot.com/2011/06/7-reasons-fed-contractos-should.html Jennifer Schaus Jennifer Schaus & Associates Washington, DC HOST OF B2G MONTHLY NETWORKING: http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com
As some of you may or may not know GovLoop has a blog with the Huffington Post (It’s pretty cool, you should check it out). Every week we try to write about something that’s going on inside GovLoop. Well, our most recent post about “Rightsizing” the government has blown up, and we’d love to getRead… Read more »
We all heard about the recent recession being called a “mancession” due to job cuts in male-dominated work, but as the economy slowing hits its upswing, men are recovering quicker than women as far as unemployment numbers. They say the reason for this is that women are disproportionately represented in state and local governments –Read… Read more »
Back in April, I asked the question: “How Can Social Media Help Governments Serve the Booming Hispanic Population?” I gave a few ideas then (see the bottom of that post). Well just last Thursday (May 26th), the U.S. Census Bureau “released a 2010 Census brief on the nation’s Hispanic population”. It’s got some newly compiledRead… Read more »
Ok Ok…I know…who plays with data for fun? Well, I did…and pulled this little tid bit together and thought I’d share in case anyone was interested. I was interested in figuring out what percentage of the total U.S. population each FEMA Region represented…just something I think about… After pulling 2010 Census Data from http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/ –Read… Read more »
The report this time is that 77,000 federal employees earn more than the governors in their states. To give you an idea of the findings, Governor salaries ranged between $70,000 in Maine and $212,179 in California. Colorado had the most federal employees, with 10,875 workers having salaries higher than the state’s governor, who earned $90,000Read… Read more »