Innovation on OZloop
Is it the same in the U.S? What are the views of Govloop members? Steve D OZloop
Yearly Archives: 2010
Top Gov Twitterer Campaign
Have u voted? See the campaign video http://bit.ly/TopGovJanet or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_h8YYBh_Jg then vote for me at http://tinyurl.com/janetbs, or @adrielhampton or @sidburgess !
Public Facing, Government SharePoint Sites
Once upon a time, I designed and deployed SharePoint portals for a living in various agencies within the Federal government. My fascination with SharePoint has not dwindled and now I am on a quest to root out any and all implementations of public facing, government-run SharePoint sites. I am aware of the following at thisRead… Read more »
The HR-IT Imperative: What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Using IT to Deliver HR Success
Please come join Tri Tuns at the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IMPA-HR) conference in Takoma Park, MD where Jason Whitehead & Phil Power will present an exciting program, ““The HR-IT Imperative: What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Using IT to Deliver HR Success”. SHORT DESCRIPTION Many organizations today are tryingRead… Read more »
GPO & LII Partner on CFR XML
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, and the Cornell University Law Library have entered into a partnership to assess methods for making the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) available in XML. According to GPO’s press release, the LII “will convert various titles into XMLRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: VA anticipates hiring 105,000 by end of 2011
If you’ve watched the Olympics or other big events on television in recent weeks, then you’ve likely seen ads with doctors and nurses talking about careers with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department plans to hire a mix of medical professionals and clerical staffers to fill roughly 105,000 positions by the end of 2011.Read… Read more »
Member of the Week: NASA’s Beth Beck
NASA space suit that vistors can get into! That Rocks! Take My Picture! 1. How did you get involved with NASA. After grad school, I was selected as a Presidential Management Intern (Fellow, now). NASA made me an offer I couldn’t refuse – an opportunity to work on the International Space Station that President ReaganRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: AFGE union files to become rep for TSA workers
By The Post’s Joe Davidson: Taking the battle over airport security officers to the next level, the American Federation of Government Employees announced Monday that it is filing a petition seeking an election to represent the workers. The petition to the Federal Labor Relations Authority is an escalation in the long battle over collective bargainingRead… Read more »
US Health Care: Why Privatization Is Inefficient – Part 3 of 4
The Industry of Illness It is a reality of our time that the same companies promoting health care products are also largely responsible for underwriting their research. Skepticism about this model of business has led to pharmacoeconomic studies of the popular antidepressants, which demonstrate a clear association between study sponsorship and quantitative outcome (Baker etRead… Read more »
Co-creation, ideation, and other -ations at the federal government level
I had the pleasure of participating on Government 2.0 radio last night, chatting about collaboration, innovation and social media in Government (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gov20/2010/02/22/government-20-radio). One of the most interesting items we discussed was the Federal Agency Ideascale Dashboard (http://www.opengovtracker.com), which you should check out regardless of your interest in government 2.0 initatives. Here is why: * ThisRead… Read more »