Yearly Archives: 2013

Job Postings: Clackamas County

Payroll Manager Clackamas County is seeking a Payroll Manager who will manage a large centralized payroll system involving a substantial volume of transactions performed within strict, inflexible time limits. Payroll services are provided for the County, subsidiary agencies and various work project employees. The Payroll Manager is responsible for the accurate processing and reporting ofRead… Read more »

It’s About the Work, Not the Office – Telework Week

All week the DorobekINSIDER will be talking telework. Last month Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer outlawed telework at her company. The reaction to the news was swift on both sides. With some opponents calling the decision an attack on working mothers or a real push for innovation. On Monday we talked with San Francisco State UniversityRead… Read more »

Make All Your Events Accessible to All People

A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Don’t miss out on this in-depth look at successfully creating events accessible to all. From sign language interpreters to audio description, from restrooms to meetings rooms, presenter Betty Siegel of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will lead you through the steps. This willRead… Read more »

Moving to the Cloud? What’s Your Biggest Worry?

Cloud based computing continues to be a hot topic in government. The DorobekINSIDER live recently discussed What’s The Status of Gov 2.0? with an expert panel. It seems that cloud solutions continue to be the driving force behind new government innovations. Michael Donovan is a Distinguished Technologist with the HP Enterprise Services Office of theRead… Read more »

03.27.13: Your Morning Buzz

Fight over Pendleton Round-Up costume heading to Oregon Supreme Court The High Five Would Professional City Managers Help Clean Up Rust Belt City Halls? That being the case and given the understanding that there certainly are no silver bullets in the Rust Belt on any front, is it time for some communities to consider proactivelyRead… Read more »

Intelligence and Analysis

Had a chance to attend an industry analysts’ working group. Stars from competing companies met in a special forum to get a better picture of where their profession is going. First symptom is the explosion of casual data. Their customers see it all around them and want to know how it relates to the professionalRead… Read more »

Fragments

Donald Barthelme, in See the Moon?, in 1968: Fragments are the only forms I trust. Italo Calvino, in If on a Winter’s Night, a Traveller, in 1979: …the dimension of time has been shattered, we cannot love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes off along its own trajectory and immediatelyRead… Read more »