Yesterday, New York City released its “Road Map for the Digital City: Achieving New York City’s Digital Future.” For those who missed the announcement, especially those concerned about the digital economy, the future of government and citizen services, the document is definitely worth downloading and scanning. At the heart of the document sits a roadRead… Read more »
The Canadian Federal Government has defined a road map for their adoption of Cloud Computing, and the type of capabilities this can enable is powerfully articulated through New York’s Roadmap for the Digital City (65-page PDF). This really does offer the poster child reference model for Digital Economy innovation leadership. Their program blends together foundationsRead… Read more »
From WhoRunsGov Editor Rachel Van Dongen When we first started WRG back when President Obama was inaugurated, our aim was to give readers a sense of who was running Washington. But as time went on, we also realized we wanted readers to understand more about how Washington works. We also think our web site shouldRead… Read more »
SLA’s Division of Government Information is sponsoring (or co-sponsoring) the following programs and events at SLA’s 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia this summer. This is an exciting slate of programs that includes four SPOTLIGHT programs and a NEED TO KNOW program, as well as an unconference session. For more detailed DGI program and event information,Read… Read more »
Political Cartoon for Blog Washington Post Reporter Ed O’Keefe discusses how federal pensions might be targeted by a bipartisan fiscal commission: After years of fighting for and against it, the White House and congressional negotiators are seriously discussing the possibility of forcing at least some federal employees to pay more towards their retirement pension. AsRead… Read more »
When Donald Rumsfield was in the Pentagon, his staff talked about his incessant memos asking for information or direction action as “snowflakes.” Well, there’s a blizzard of memos and guidance coming from the White House on a range of management improvement and cost-cutting initiatives. Is this an opportunity to connect the dots? It is notRead… Read more »
“Are you listening to me?” It’s the question that I most fear from my wife. Usually, the answer isn’t in doubt. I wasn’t listening, and even worse, I’ve been caught. A spouse can be honest and confront you when you’re not paying attention, but it can be difficult to have that kind of candor inRead… Read more »
There are good reasons for scheduled, repeating meetings. However, without a clear understanding of how to use them, I have seen repeating meetings get mired in processes that go nowhere, I guess expecting that donuts are infinite. There are as many processes for describing work as there are serial numbers on dollar bills. However, thereRead… Read more »
Discovered this resource this morning on YNPNdc’s Facebook page! THANK YOU for posting! Three financial aid resources for people in public service. Includes a link to Heather Jarvis’ new website. She is an expert in Student Loan Forgiveness for people in public service. http://www.idealist.org/blog/en/three-financial-aid-resources-for-public-service-people/#comment-17042
Thousands of commuters in the DC area may show up to work just a little sweatier than usual this Friday, May 20th. But that’s a small price to pay for the way they’ll feel once they get there—invigorated, glowing with a sense of accomplishment, and maybe a little more convinced that bicycling is a viableRead… Read more »