The Government Accountability Office has looked at the growing number of cybersecurity threats facing our nation. And it’s no small number. The GAO says the increase in cyber attack reported to CERT in the last 6 years has grown by 782%. There were 5,500 incidents in 2006, last year there were 48,000. So what isRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Facebook gets a new newsfeed. That’s great for the average user, but how will the new newsfeed impact government’s social media outreach. Click here for the full recap. But up front: Sequestration’s Furloughs Start Furlough notices went out for some feds this week: The Labor Department has sent furlough notices toRead… Read more »
“Facebook announced a redesigned News Feed–a radical makeover of their core product at the heart of their homepage. The big changes are easy to spot. The feed is now a unified design between desktops and mobiles, its images are bigger, and every bit of information is more personalized at the user’s end,” said Mark Wilson.Read… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Crowdsourcing solutions for government problems through coding competitions. Sounds cool right? And it’s making a big difference. But some in government are slow to pick up the trend. We talk about with TopCoder. Click here for the full recap. Yes, sequestration continues while others may have moved on, we will continueRead… Read more »
Last week we told you about TopCoder. (You can access the entire interview here). But basically TopCoder is member based group of more than 460,000 coders from around the world, that harnesses the power of crowd-sourcing to achieve goals. It seems fairly straightforward right? But, Mike Lydon, the Chief Technology Officer, told Chris Dorobek onRead… Read more »
On the DorobekINSIDER this week: Sequestration Fixes Could Still Hurt Feds? What Are They? Sequestration carries the threat of widespread furloughs of many federal employees, but the alternatives could amount to a case of pick your poison for those same feds. Some of the solutions include cuts to retirement contributions, pay freezes and a reducedRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sequestration is a monumental loss of government productivity and further erodes what the government is supposed to be doing,” said UMD Public Policy Dean, Don Kettl. Do you agree? The DorobekINSIDER Sequestration reader: Day 6 — There are talks The headlines: There are talks going on. Last night, President Obama metRead… Read more »
The sequestration rollercoaster continues to chug along. “So now it’s time to buckle up.” “Now that everyone has to implement sequestration, it is taking an inordinate amount of time, because they have to figure out what it (sequestration) is, because we’ve never really done it before. And a lot people who are in charge ofRead… Read more »
The DorobekINSIDER Sequestration reader: Day 5 — Snowquestration Sequestration is here, and it’s here to stay for at least a little while. And this new reality has created some major management challenges for government leaders. So how do you manage through the uncertainty? Insights from the Partnership for Public Service. The DorobekINSIDER Sequestration reader: DayRead… Read more »
Sequestration is here, and it’s here to stay for at least a little while. And this new reality has created some major management challenges for government leaders. So how do you manage through the uncertainty? Tom Fox is the Vice President for Education and Outreach at the Partnership for Public Service. He told Chris DorobekRead… Read more »