Yearly Archives: 2010

Transparent Leadership (Roger Schwarz)

Originally published by Roger Schwarz on April 7 as GovExec’s Management Matters column. Are you a transparent leader? Soon after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order calling for agencies to be transparent, participatory and collaborative as a means to strengthen democracy and to make government more efficient and effective. The directive focused onRead… Read more »

Civilian Crowd-Sourced Intelligence (Transparency Reserve 2.0)

Following up on some ideas for Transparency Camp 2010, new improvements to the theory of civilian crowd-sourced intelligence have been made. I especially want to thank Noel Hidalgo for helping record this information during the session. (Again, I know that this is an acquisition-related blog, but I occasionally talk up a storm on something else.Read… Read more »

Caretaker Government meet Gov2.0

If you haven’t heard, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has been to see the Queen about an election. Having done that, the British Government is now in what’s called Caretaker mode. In the Westminster system as it is practiced in Australian and the UK, once an election has been called and the warrants issuedRead… Read more »

How to Choose Applicant Tracking Software to Ensure OFCCP Compliance

Since May 2006, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been enforcing a landmark ruling that sets explicit regulations on the collection, storage and reporting of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data for internet applicants. It also defines internet applicants, identifies electronic data collection methods, creates basic qualification standards and establishes recordkeeping requirements forRead… Read more »

FCC Loses Key Ruling on Internet ‘Neutrality’; What’s Going to Happen to the Broadband Plan?

The Associated Press just broke a story about how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw the future of Internet regulations and U.S. broadband expansion plans into doubt by ruling that the FCC lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over theirRead… Read more »

How Successful are Your Gov 2.0 Initiative(s)?

There are certainly more and more Government Agencies jumping on the band wagon to follow President Obama’s directive for them to become more collaborative, open, transparent and participatory. But the real question is – what measures are being taken to evaluate the success or failure of all these efforts? I’m writing an article for eContentRead… Read more »