A week or to ago I went ahead and made my top 5 worst agencies to work for list. We’ll the list wasn’t really mine but rather just the results from the Best Places to Work Survey. Well that’s enough focus on the negative for me, instead lets take a look at agencies who showedRead… Read more »
Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks I’ve had a lot of bosses and there are always things I wish they did. Some were subtle and others a little broader. So here’s my top 5: Fire the Lazy Worker – Everybody knows X, Y, and Z doRead… Read more »
Flash back to the GovLoop retro archives: President’s SAVE Award – Sounds Wicked Cool That was my blog post one year ago when I heard about President Obama’s new project that invites Federal employees to share money-saving ideas. Then this week, the White House sent me an email asking if GovLoop would help to promoteRead… Read more »
USA.gov just launched a mobile app directory. What’s your favorite? Me – I have the TSA app and it’s pretty good for wait times. http://apps.usa.gov/?v=all Any other cool ones at state/local/interantional levels? Favorite
Ok, first off these are not my rankings but instead actually come from The Best Places to Work Rankings. So basically don’t shoot the messenger. We’ll do this countdown style so lets start with numero 5. 5) National Archives and Records Administration – This one blows my mind. I’ve seen National Treasure 1 and 2Read… Read more »
At the YGL/GovLoop Next Generation of Government Summit 7/6-7/7, we have a ton of great speakers talking about opportunities for young leaders to change government. One speaker is Rob Salkowitz who wrote the awesome Wiley-publish book “Young World Rising: How Youth Technology and Entrepreneurship is Changing the World” We did a quick interview where weRead… Read more »
One topic that always comes up is how to keep colleagues accountable for results. How to manage up. And How to manage sideways. It’s such a big topic we devoted a session to it at Next Generation of Gov’t Summit on 7/6th with speaker Misti Burmeister and Kate Walker. Misti is a rockstar and blogsRead… Read more »
Hey – Lily Whiteman (One of our speakers for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit and Author of How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job) recently talked with Human Resources IQ on “Strategic Tips for Creating a Personal Brand” – which is the name of session Lily’s talking about at Next Gen Gov Summit Listen toRead… Read more »
***Register today for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit – Join 200+ gov’t rockstars – nextgengovt.com*** As you may know…we are big fans of awesome at GovLoop. Our charity is AwesomeGov.org. We have great bloggers that advocate awesomeness like Christopher DuFour. And generally it has always been my point that government CAN be AWESOME. Government hasRead… Read more »
Two weeks ago we launched a contest to see who could cook up the best video response to the question: Why are you the next generation of Government? Well ladies and gentlemen the results are in and five government rockstars have scored free tickets the Next Generation of Government Summit July 6th and 7th inRead… Read more »