So I haven’t blogged a ton about it but I’m expecting a baby any day now (not really I – my wife is doing all the hard work). As we’ve been getting ready for our first-born, we’ve been doing a lot of planning. And the more I thought of it, it’s really the same styleRead… Read more »
What percentage of your day do you spend reading and writing email? Raise your hand if it’s over 10%? 25%? 50%? Short answer – we all spend way too much time in email – yet we are rarely given advice or training on how to do it well. Which honestly is weird – a StarbucksRead… Read more »
Each week I pick the top 10 federal job openings by category (from project management to $100k jobs). Here’s my overall top 10 picks (1 job per our 10 categories ) 1. Deputy State Director for Resources, GS-0340-14/15 / Anchorage, Alaska / Department Of The Interior, Bureau of Land Management / GS-14-15 / Potential-15 /Read… Read more »
I’ve been blogging about my ideas on the various White House Innovation Projects (see blogs on Project MyGov & RFP-EZ) and they’ve gotten good responses. So on to Project Open Data Initiatives Stimulating a rising tide of innovation and entrepreneurship that utilizes government data to create tools that help Americans in numerous ways – e.g.,Read… Read more »
Wow – this week we hit a new milestone as Santiago Hernandez of Department of Justice in Corpus Christi, Texas became the 60,000th member on GovLoop. All I can say is – that’s awesome. You rock! GovLoop is nothing without you. I appreciate your work everyday sharing and learning on how to improve and innovateRead… Read more »
When I read the announcement of the White House Innovation Fellows, I was quickly drawn to the Project RFP-EZ Building a platform that makes it easier for small high-growth businesses to navigate the federal government, and enables agencies to quickly source low-cost, high-impact information technology solutions. What I like best about is really simple –Read… Read more »
***Interested in learning more about Mobile Government? RSVP for our Mobile Government training session at our free GovLoop Online Innovator’s Summit** Wanting to build a mobile app for your agency but don’t know where to start? Today, the White House relaunched their mobile platform (mobile web, mobile apps, tablet apps) and open-sourced their iPhone andRead… Read more »
Looks like a number of Pathways & Recent Grads job openings are starting to make their way into USAJOBS Three I saw from last week: NASA Pathway Intern Program Census Visual Information – Recent Grads Army HR Specialist – Recent Grads Anyone see others? I’m glad to see this program starting to be rolled out.Read… Read more »
Fascinating thread onCFA Brigade (sign up)- I love this because I think we often don’t spend enough time on what do citizens actually want (based on data, not just based on comments of the super engaged) ———————- Below is some info that we received from Socrata about the most popular data sets from the openRead… Read more »
One of the new Presidential Innovation Fellows project is Project MyGov: Reimagining the relationship between the federal government and its citizens through an online footprint developed not just for the people, but also by the people. myGov will rapidly prototype a streamlined and intuitive system for presenting information and accepting feedback around the needs ofRead… Read more »