With 50 bills in Congress having to do with cybersecurity, and none of them showing any imminent signs of movement, the White House at last weighed in with its own legislative proposal. In an online statement, the president’s staff said it was outlining its cyber legislative goals in response to a request from Senate MajorityRead… Read more »
The 3% rule, developed by the IRS, requires federal, state and local governments to withhold 3% of payments they make to contractors for taxes, much like employers withhold a percentage of employees’ income for tax purposes. Last week the IRS delayed the rule going into effect, which means there might be time to kill it.Read… Read more »
As Federal Eye columnist Joe Davidson pointed out for the Washington Post today, a year has passed since President Obama announced he would be “revamping” the federal hiring process. These were the reforms that were supposed to eliminate KSAs in favor of more traditional job applications and (at least in theory) shorten the hiring processRead… Read more »
I had the pleasure of attending the IHRIM HRM Strategies conference yesterday and attended a great session on the Lifecycle of an HRIS Career. The speakers, Kevin Murphy, HRIP, Director SAID, NIH and Tim Newman, HRIP, Associate Director, HR Systems and Business Transformation, US Navy, offered great insight on what skill set and backgrounds translateRead… Read more »
The administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace released on Monday is more a dream or vision than a set of hard-nosed proposals. Yet it does have strong expressions of value, calling for “norms of behavior” expected of other nations. To get to this future vision, the administration proposes a 3D approach — diplomacy, defense and development.Read… Read more »
OpenGovernment.org is a new transparency service for U.S. state legislative information, being developed by David Moore of the Participatory Politics Foundation and a member of our community. OpenGovernment.org is a joint effort of the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation. (Click here for the GovLaunch announcement of OpenGovernment.org.) For (currently) five U.S. states (California,Read… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Local Government Graduate Gripes – “How would a networked, open, innovative, tech-enabled, social recruitment scheme for government work?” 10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 1) | Helpful Technology – Nicely contrarian points from Steph on the new government website prototype. Would you like sauce withRead… Read more »
This interview is part of a series on GovLoop called “GovInsights” where we interview and highlight the thoughts and perspectives of professors at who are researching and writing about government issues. This time we talked with, Dr. Patrick Malone is an Executive-in-Residence Professor for the Department of and Policy at American University, in Washington, D.C.Read… Read more »
INPUT Principal Analyst Sherry Calvendra reports: After reading the strategies published in a recent article about transforming state health and human services agencies, I thought back to a forum I attended earlier this year, and more specifically, a session on procurement and financing methods for modern technology that can transform an agency. Much like theRead… Read more »
Hear how the City of Alexandria is leveraging Granicus technology to take their web strategy to the next level through online video. Justin Thompson, the Communications Content Manager for the City of Alexandria, which was recently recognized for having one of the Top 10 “Digital City” government websites by eRepublic, wrote a great blog postRead… Read more »