If you’re like me, you enjoy meeting new people and learning new things. My thirst for knowledge was one of the reasons I decided to attend grad school, and the people I have met during my two-plus years at Georgetown have been great. But, as a social media community manager, I know that partaking inRead… Read more »
Ever wanted to start blogging but just didn’t have the confidence in the technology or your ability to write lots of juicy content? Our new online course is here to help! Blogging bootcamp runs over the summer and is a six week course that you can dip in and out of, so no worries ifRead… Read more »
Less than half of federal employees believe they will be rewarded or promoted for doing a good job, according to a new analysis from Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service. Only forty-three percent, or four out of every 10 federal workers, said they thought they would receive performance-based awards or better job opportunities atRead… Read more »
Our friends at the Kettering Foundation recently posted about a paper on the seriousness of the challenge posed by political polarization. You can read the post below or find the original post on the KF News blog here: www.kettering.org/kfnews/do-partisan-elites-polarize-the-public. Is polarization an elite or public phenomenon, or is it, indeed, both? KF research associate DavidRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Little J Beta – via @willperrin The limits of collaborative consumption: Would people really share their belongings? Blogging – why do it? | Amandacomms’s Blog Raspberry Pi: Baking Pi – Operating Systems Development – FAB! Apache considered harmful Starting Forth – Leo Brodie / free onlineRead… Read more »
In previous posts I wrote about how in less than a decade, the world has moved from a time with no Facebook to a time in which mobile phones and tablets are the platforms of choice. Because of this trend towards “digital,” government agencies are facing the challenge of just keeping up. Constituents expect toRead… Read more »
Today we’re proud to officially announce that Civic Insight has been selected as a winner of the Knight Foundation’s 2013 News Challenge on Open Gov. We’re humbled that our work has been recognized alongside seven extremely impressive projects, out of the original pool of 821 applicants. The Knight Foundation’s investment in our company will helpRead… Read more »
I was working with a board faced with a major problem…with no workable solution. These are good people, who understand their business, have been at it for a long time. They completely understood their situation, and for the last six months no optimal, hell, no viable solution was available. This particular problem had colored allRead… Read more »
A site visitor to one of our forums stated that she was 66 and still working and was CSRS offset. A colleague suggested that she think about drawing social security now versus waiting until she retires. Once you reach age 66 you can earn unlimited amounts without reducing your Social Security benefit. She had beenRead… Read more »
Politico’s story on Bill Clinton’s recent 70-percent approval rating, the highest ever recorded for him, attributes his popularity to his ever increasing focus on global issues eschewing political firestorms. While the former President has clearly evolved into a man focused on creating solutions to “neutral problems,” is this an evolution of character or the makingRead… Read more »