The Center for Public Integrity’s state corruption index has hit the news again this past week, giving most states terrible grades on transparency and accountability and suggesting that our states governments are corrupt. The study, completed in 2011, was put together by journalists in state capitals choosing 330 questions and was peer reviewed by manyRead… Read more »
A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER was held Wednesday. We’re LIVE! We host these events once each month this year. The idea is simple: get smart people together and share ideas — because we believe that the real power of information comes when it is shared. Listen to the Archive David Fletcher, Utah’s CTO, helpedRead… Read more »
As you might expect, the information technology (IT) that supports one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world can be very expensive. In its fiscal year 2015 budget, the Department of Defense (DOD) requested more than $30 billion to operate, maintain, and modernize its IT systems. To put it in perspective, $30Read… Read more »
I’m excited to announce that the Code for America Communities team selected the Midwest as the first Code for America Brigade region. The regional structure will support existing Code for America Brigade cities, as well as work to expand the number of Brigade cities in the region. I’m excited to work with Code for AmericaRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The wearable tech craze has begun. A new Pew Internet report revealed that wearables will have a major impact on our everyday lives over the next decade. So what about government? Chris Dorobek and his panel of DorobekINISIDER’s discussed the ins and outs of government wearables on a special edition ofRead… Read more »
Other bloggers have written some excellent articles on ways to improve government hiring practices including Donna Dyer’s excellent blogs. I see an issue regarding promoting people within the federal government and offer a suggestion for improvement from the state of California. Where’s the Promotion? On several occasions, my supervisor lamented the lack of easy, transparentRead… Read more »
What is the secret sauce for creating an innovation culture in your agency? Successful inventions often spring from the minds of individual inventors – we often think of Thomas Edison at the classic inventor. But successful innovation is a team sport, according to a new Harvard Business Review article by a team of researchers –Read… Read more »
We’ve written many times on GovLoop that more and more citizens and stakeholders are interacting with public sector organizations online. And recently, we’ve seen examples of very impressive websites, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to New York City, that are effectively communicating more information with less clutter. But there is an important opportunity thatRead… Read more »
Big data is being used to help transform government by revealing information and patterns that can bring innovation, better services, and smarter decisions. To effectively use big data, we must be willing to collect, analyze, and share the information we discover. You already know about some of the ways we’re helping the government buy smarterRead… Read more »
You’ve shined your shoes, double-checked the directions, and practiced responding to all the standard interview questions – you’re ready to go. As you walk in that door, remember that an interview should be just as much about whether a job is a good fit for you as whether you’re a good fit for a job.Read… Read more »