Memorial Day is for remembering our family and loved ones. Memorial Day is also remembering and venerating George Orwell’s Rough Men. Perhaps there is a third memorial, for a time gone by, for our changing way of life. I may be too close to see the whole, I get occasional glimpses. Technology opens a steadyRead… Read more »
How many times do you see ‘flexible working’ in a job description and wonder what it actually means? As a term it could cover a multitude without clarification – does it mean flexi-time, or only if you’ve got children to pick up from school? Does it mean you can occasionally work from home, or againRead… Read more »
An integrated organisation can deliver an integrated service. But an integrated service is unlikely to be able to deliver an integrated organisation. That though is a distinction which is easily missed, not least in thinking about joining up government services, where the hoped for magic of an integrated web platform leading to seamless information andRead… Read more »
NAO: A humanoid programmable robot with a mind of its own. This little robot (57 cm) may have big plans to walk into the life of every human being. Created by Aldebaran Robotics with the launch of Project NAO in 2004, this robot has slowly been gaining popularity in the technological world. Academic systems haveRead… Read more »
Sometimes it’s difficult to navigate through a project that has gone down the wrong path. Thought some of you might be interested in this workshop offered by the American Strategic Management Institute: Rescuing and Recovering Failing Projects What you will learn: ANTICIPATE Potential Problems and Weaknesses in Your Project Plans Conduct root cause analysis (RCA)Read… Read more »
Dan Chenok recently emailed me and John Bordeaux a New York Times story and asked us for our opinions. The articles was “From a Facebook Founder Comes a Way to Streamline Work Flow,” and the quote that moved Dan to ask for our input was this: Dustin Moskovitz [a Facebook Co-Founder] thinks this is aRead… Read more »
Helping returning vets transition to new careers one suit at a time. Returning vets face a significantly higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country. One organization is trying to combat the problem head on. It’s called Operation Jump-Start VIII and their aim is to give returning vets suits and gift cards to prepareRead… Read more »
A couple of years ago I was in Portugal to give a talk on Gov 2.0 at a conference the government was organizing. After the talk I went for dinner with the country’s CIO and remember hearing about a fantastic program they were running that – for me – epitomized the notion of a citizenRead… Read more »
Technology enables us to do many of the things we enjoy doing, and technology helps agencies reach their most important mission objectives. Across GovLoop we have dozens of tips and tricks for IT professionals to help launch their projects. Some are more technical than others, but there are always some common trends that I pickRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Where we’re going and how we’ll get there. Two big events this week dominated my twitter feed and imagination: the release of the administration’s memorandum “Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Ser ve The American People” and the announcement by Todd Park and Steven VanRoekel of a new “Presidential InnovationRead… Read more »