I found a story on American Public Media’s Marketplace fascinating. The interview discussed a recent paper by researchers at Stanford and Harvard that reveal that employers are more interested in what you may accomplish that what you already have. Essentially, people want to believe in the promise of what someone has to offer more thanRead… Read more »
I first became familiar with Code for America while interning for the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. Jen Pahlka and Abhi Nemani came to speak with us. I loved the work that I was exposed to at Brookings and wanted to discover how I could get more involved with cityRead… Read more »
Honored that our book, Seeing is Believing, was favorably mentioned in the book Millenial Momentum by Morley Winograd and Mchael Hais, http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813551501/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=8061054327&ref=pd_sl_1k1qyh699a_e … Also, in the new book about the BYU Football program entitled, Running into the Wind: Bronco Mendenhall – 5 Strategies for Building a Successful Team, by Paul Gustavson and Alyson Von Feldt,Read… Read more »
On July 26, 2012, the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University of Albany / SUNY issued a press release announcing, in cooperation with SAP, an open government thought leadership program. I recently attended CTG’s workshop on this topic, along with 25 colleagues from government and academia, and we’re excited about the upcomingRead… Read more »
AFGE was proud to be one of 18 unions that attended the Pride at Work Triennial Convention in Cleveland, Ohio last week. Pride at Work is an AFL-CIO constituency group that gives a voice to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community within the labor movement. The 16 AFGE members who attended the conventionRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Leadership lessons from successful federal leaders. The Partnership for Public Service has sat down with the Service to America Medal winners to find out what leadership tactics work and which ones don’t. Click here for the full recap. Sequestration 101 — how many of you actually know what happens if sequestrationRead… Read more »
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clothed, and couples engaged in sexual activities.” More here. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice stated thatRead… Read more »
Be honest. You have heard us all talking/worrying/complaining about the potential for sequestration since August of 2011, but do you actually know how it would work? I, for one, only had a loose understanding of the process. Todd Harrison is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He gave Chris DorobekRead… Read more »
Last week I posted the first in a series of articles about the many purposes for conducting an informational interview. Most commonly, they are used as a tool to build a network in new organizations and career fields. For those of us entering new jobs and career paths, why not use informational interviews to buildRead… Read more »
The most successful feds are often the most successful leaders. The Service to America Medals highlight the best and brightest feds who are really doing innovative work. All summer long we have detailed their amazing work here. But we wanted to mine them for additional leadership lessons. The Sammies are part of the Partnership forRead… Read more »