Code for America Yearbook is an ongoing series of my interviews with 2013 Fellows about their year at CfA. Last week I sat down with Sheila and here’s what he had to say. Name: Sheila Dugan Fellowship City: Oakland, CA Hometown: North Charleston, SC Current Neighborhood: Lake Merritt, Oakland Role: 2013 Fellow DOB: 5/26/85 Q:Read… Read more »
Martha Dorris has been a driving force behind the use of technology to help citizens more easily and quickly obtain government services and information, whether the contact comes through a website, email, telephone call or social media. At GSA, she created the agency’s two federal Web platforms — USA.gov and its Spanish-language counterpart, GobiernoUSA.gov. InRead… Read more »
Announcing GovLoop’s Latest Guide… “MAKING GLOBAL IMPACT: GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL JOBS IN GOVERNMENT” View Below or Download the PDF If you’re interested in getting a government job in foreign policy or international affairs, you’ve come to the right place. The Robertson Foundation for Government (RFFG), GovLoop and the Association for Professional Schools of International AffairsRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The Thrift Savings Plan took a dip in August. With the exception of the government-securities G Fund, all the funds in the TSP finished August in negative territory. So what does that mean for your retirement fund? Insights from Kim Weaver. Up front: With much focus on Syria, the simmering budgetRead… Read more »
Boxer Advisors is constantly evolving to better serve our clients as a strategic thinking partner. Let me tell you about a few of our latest upgrades. First is our new corporate phone number, 301-896-9714. Please feel free to get in touch with me and my team—we want to know, where is your organization going andRead… Read more »
I’ve heard that question from a lot of over-stressed federal leaders and managers. When the fire hose is on full force and the scrutiny is increasing, having a team that can’t produce is a killer. I sympathize and I think there are at least four possible reasons why. 1. They actually are incompetent, or moreRead… Read more »
The Thrift Savings Plan took a dip in August. With the exception of the government-securities G Fund, all the funds in the Thrift Savings Plan finished August in negative territory. Kim Weaver is the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. She told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that AugustRead… Read more »
There are a lot of IT Vendors throwing around the term “Business Value“. So much so I think the term is losing its value. The trouble is that almost everyone is trying to justify to the widest customer base some form of rationalization as to why their product or service is worth procuring. Typically, inRead… Read more »
Wordle is a great – and free! – resource for creating word clouds. This post offers a primer for organizations and individual professionals in particular that addresses Why, Where, What, and How and shares specific Wordle tips. Additional tips, examples and applications are welcome. Most everyone knows what a word cloud or a tag cloudRead… Read more »
During my office relocation project I’ve started sorting, purging and scanning files from my archive. As I look back I’ve been on or lead lots of interesting projects. I’ve been fortunate to have the trust of many brilliant mentors and executives, such that they gave me projects to challenge me or I was too foolishRead… Read more »