UPDATE: GovLoop staff will be at the McPherson, Fed Triangle, Smithsonian and L’Enfant metro stations giving away a free ticket to NextGen on 6/26. The best things in life are free. We are talking nothing. Free of charge. No strings attached. You’ve come to the right place if you like free. We are offering threeRead… Read more »
This is part 2 of 3 of a blog series on Smarter Cities: Building Safer Communities in the Digital Age. This series explores how analytics has empowered the street level bureaucrat, redefining the way public safety officials keep communities safe. Across the country, public safety organizations have leveraged crime analytics to improve efficiencies, connect workersRead… Read more »
ELGL is launching a new initiative, “The 50 (States) in (FY) 14 Project” for the new fiscal year. We are committed to touching all 50 states next year by profiling at least one person from the government arena in each state. Each person profiled with be asked the same questions, and at the end ofRead… Read more »
One quality that made my old project manager both successful and likable was his ability to bring colleagues together to take a break. As a smoker and a Caribou/Starbucks coffee-drinker, my manager, “Roger,” took a few breaks throughout the day. Of course, I’d often join in, but less so for the smoking breaks. I’m notRead… Read more »
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Meeting agenda: Perspectives on Public Safety Location: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Training Center (PSTC) at 12700 SE 82nd Avenue Clackamas, OR 97015. Interested in joining? Visit Join ELGL. RSVP: Perspectives on Public Safety with Clackamas County, Lake Oswego, and Milwaukie In an effort to encourage to carpooling to ELGL events, we will postRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. NVIDIA SHIELD Price Lowered to $299, Release Date Scheduled for June 27 – NVIDIA’s SHIELD is a portable gaming device that could possible change the way we game. It is designed to be used on the road and in the livingRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The Administration is pushing for more performance metrics. They launched Performance.gov in June 2011. So how is it going? And why should these metrics matter? Insights from Dennis McDonald. The SEVEN stories that impact your life Less than half of federal employees believe they will be rewarded or promoted for doingRead… Read more »
The Administration is pushing for more performance metrics. They launched Performance.gov in June 2011. So how is it going? And why should these metrics matter? Dennis D. McDonald is an independent consultant. He has written a white paper on web-based performance metrics, “Developing Digital Strategies for Web-based Public Access.” He told Chris Dorobek on theRead… Read more »