Please join us for the 3rd Thursdays B2G Networking Event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC This is a no-cost event for high-level professionals in government, government contracting (B2G) or other sectors to meet and share best practices with other like-minded professionals. For more info & to register, http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com Jennifer Schaus contributed recently toRead… Read more »
Repost from http://www.thegovernmentgeek.com It’s no secret, more and more Americans distrust their government, especially at the national level. The table on the right gives a small taste of increasing discontent with federal agencies. Part of the problem is the sheer size of gov’t….it often begs the question, what the hell are they doing all day?Read… Read more »
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************************************************************** Top 5 – Ways to Network As I’ve been crossing the nation on the GovUp tour, I’ve been thinking about the best ways to connect and meet others. As such, here are my top 5 ways to network:Read… Read more »
As many leaders in the government industry know, we live in an increasingly borderless world. Greater access to technology has removed many barriers to connecting people and resources. In order to understand how to effectively operate in this new, complex environment, IBM conducted a Global CHRO Study with nearly 600 face-to-face interviews with HR executivesRead… Read more »
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” – John Steinbeck I recently came across a post stating that the House and Senate Ethics Committees Protecting the Most Corrupt Members of Congress. While no one is surprised to read about corruption in government my question is how can weRead… Read more »
“This is Service Design Thinking” by geschenkt I’ve been playing with this notion in my head over the last couple of weeks that while it’s clear that there are digital literacy skills needed, there seems to be little progress made on what those literacy skills look like. I spent the day at the Chicago Children’sRead… Read more »
I’ve had a really interesting week last week. I spent time in Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. In Edmonton, I delivered social media training at the Affects Symposium hosted by the Alberta Federal Council. I ran three separate workshops on social media: (1) Putting the Social in Social Media; (2) Social Media 101 for Personal DevelopmentRead… Read more »
A new version 02 of the URN:LEX standard for legal identifiers has been posted. The new version is dated 1 October 2010, and expires 4 April 2011. The new version has been published by Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques of the Italian National Research Council (ITTIG/CNR); Italy, National Centre for ICT in PublicRead… Read more »
“Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember, my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.”(From the opening of Plan Nine from Outer Space) The idea for this posting cameRead… Read more »
Life moves fast and often it’s easy to miss anniversaries and birthdays. I’ve had a couple big ones recently and thought I’d step back and honor them. Last week was my 30th bday which I blogged about September 28th marked my 1-year anniversary of working on GovLoop full-time. On that date, GovLoop became a subsidiaryRead… Read more »