Yearly Archives: 2014

Can Reverse Auctions Move Your Contracting Process Forward?

By Anna Hartley, Senior Acquisition Specialist Reverse auctions, a relatively new contracting method used by the government to procure a variety of good and services where the price is the main factor, has caused much debate and provoked heavy criticism among contracting professionals in the last few years. Some believe that reverse auctions are anRead… Read more »

6 Reasons Why You May Have Failed The PMP Exam 3 Times

While I hope it doesn’t happen to you, some people fail the PMP exam 3 times. If you do find yourself in that situation, you will have to wait a year from the date of your last exam before you will be able to apply for your PMP certification again. Over the years, I haveRead… Read more »

3 Digital Comm Trends In State And Local Gov

In the past few years the scope of digital communications in government has gone through a tremendous change. Gone are the days when a simple press release would suffice. Now governments at all levels are responsible for communications outreach through many different channels; emails, social media, text messaging etc. For a local Parks and Recreation’sRead… Read more »

Announcing beta.usgs.gov

Announcing beta.usgs.gov In 1994 when the USGS launched it’s first website, the web was a very different place. Many websites that were launched had little consideration given to, or even had an understanding of, things such user experience, content strategies, or design. Over the next 20 years our USGS web presence has grown immensely asRead… Read more »

DorobekINSIDER LIVE: The Internet of Things for Government

A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER today. We’re LIVE! We are doing this at least 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. For March’s DorobekINSIDER LIVE we are talking about the InternetRead… Read more »

Guest post: We should be celebrating our victories

Hi, today I’m featuring a guest post by Gian Wild of AccessibilityOz Gian is Australia’s leading specialist in accessibility and was on the working group that designed the WCAG 2.0 guidelines that agencies must follow. Gian will be speaking at a series of free breakfast seminars at the start of April in Melbourne, Canberra andRead… Read more »

Guest post: We should be celebrating our victories

Hi, today I’m featuring a guest post by Gian Wild of AccessibilityOz Gian is Australia’s leading specialist in accessibility and was on the working group that designed the WCAG 2.0 guidelines that agencies must follow. Gian will be speaking at a series of free breakfast seminars at the start of April in Melbourne, Canberra andRead… Read more »

Employee Engagement is Not an HR Function

Now that the White House has declared its intention to improve employee engagement throughout the Federal workforce, it’s a safe bet that we’ll be hearing that term a lot more in the next few years. And it’s an even safer bet that responsibility for this initiative will be tasked out to the human resources officesRead… Read more »

Boost Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience – White House Event

The White House, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are hosting an event highlighting the impacts of climate change. The event will include new announcements on how to deploy data-driven technologies and leverage freely available open government data to build products and services that strengthen ourRead… Read more »