Yearly Archives: 2013

Calluses and Paper Cuts

I am reading a gripping management how-to guide, Decision Points, where the author explains how he learned to navigate to avoid being, “College Smart, Sidewalk Stupid.” Today, I was observing that in the wild with Jack, who said that when he was studying Water Buffalo Management at the University of Vietnam, they learned to evaluateRead… Read more »

10 WAYS CIVIC HACKING IS GOOD FOR CITIES

At Code for America, we’re getting excited for the National Day of Civic Hacking; the weekend is a galvanizing moment in our ongoing movement to call citizens to action. We want citizens everywhere to help their cities work better, through technology. Why do we think this is so important? We put together a list ofRead… Read more »

Senate Won’t Investigate IRS – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: A couple of years ago it seemed you couldn’t talk about government without thinking about dashboards. They were everywhere. But then the fad started to fade. But now with the emergence of big data and data analytics, dashboards are making a resurgence. The SEVEN stories that impact your life Sen. MaxRead… Read more »

MPP vs MPA: Career Options O Plenty

Any professional who wants to have a rewarding career in government service has two options for their graduate level education: a Master of Public Administration (MPA) or a Master of Public Policy (MPP). Educators, graduate students and government workers have debated the advantages of both degrees for years. The degrees are quite similar with someRead… Read more »

Lessons in Leadership from General Stanley McChrystal

By Ryan Kamauff The opening keynote at this year’s FOSE conference was delivered by General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal was formerly the Commander of International Security Assistance Force as well the United States Forces in Afghanistan. General McChrystal has also commanded the Joint Special Operations Command and the 75th Ranger Regiment. He recently retired fromRead… Read more »

The Business of IT – Find the Right Focus

The partisan environment in Washington has resulted in a near paralysis of logical decision making. The sequestration is just the latest, perhaps most egregious, example. Is this the best our leaders can do? What will it take to change things for the better? How should CIOs and other Federal executives execute their missions under theseRead… Read more »

Mailcamp 2013

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting Mailcamp 2013 an annual shindig to discuss all manner of topics regarding email marketing. I should add that all the hard work was done by Steph Gray @lesteph I was merely ‘strong armed’ into giving a presentation. Others have written about this event in more detail –Read… Read more »

Are Dashboards Dead? Or is Big Data Making them Relevant Again?

A couple of years ago it seemed you couldn’t talk about government without thinking about dashboards. They were everywhere. But then the fad started to fade. But now with the emergence of big data and data analytics, dashboards are making a resurgence. Rick Hartman is the COO and Co-Founder of OhMyGov. Hartman and John SalamoneRead… Read more »

10 Great Commencement Quotes

Anyone go to a graduation this weekend? If you didn’t know, it’s graduation season. Where I live near a college campus, the students are packing up and moving on to summer jobs. My favorite part of graduation – commencement speeches. When else do we have a ton of successful people, share their tips on success.Read… Read more »