I.J. Ezeonwuka is one of my favorite people in public service. I first met her when I co-founded Young Government Leaders and she was an integral part of the team that took a 50 person happy hour group to a 501(c)(3) non-profit with thousands of members across the country. When I developed GovLoop, she wasRead… Read more »
When people join GovLoop, I always ask them who their favorite public servant is. I’ve done a visualization of this information with wordle. It’s pretty interesting – lots of presidents with Barack Obama leading the way. Favorite
In the last GovLoop poll I asked “When Will Gov 2.0 Take Off?” The answers were pretty interesting: 16.3% This summer 23.9% 6 months 21.7% 1 year 28.3% 2-3 years 9.8% never While we have some people on both sides (16.3% say this summer and 9.8% never), the majority bunch up in the middle withRead… Read more »
I met Wayne at Gov 2.0 Barcamp on one Sunday morning as a group of volunteers were planning the eventual conference. I was impressed with his ideas and thought processes and was wondering what he was up to. That day and at the actual Gov 2.0 Barcamp he told me about his group “Open ForumRead… Read more »
Big news from today’s Obama Weekly Address. Most importantly for gov’t folks: “Third, we’ll look for ideas from the bottom up. After all, Americans across the country know that the best ideas often come from workers – not just management. That’s why we’ll establish a process through which every government worker can submit their ideasRead… Read more »
From thegovgurus.com: ARE YOU A GENERALIST? You may be a generalist if you have: * A liberal arts degree and/or an advanced degree in law, business, international relations, public administration, public policy, environmental policy, public health or a variety of other fields. * Excellent writing and oral communication skills. * An ability to synthesize informationRead… Read more »
I got this email yesterday and I’m excited to see how this turns out. Definitely a good idea and I like the fact it is time-limited. What do you think? —– For one week beginning on Monday, April 27th, we will be hosting the Recovery.Gov Dialogue on Information Technology Solutions and we would like toRead… Read more »
So I’ve been sitting on Dr. Mark Drapeau’s (with Linton Wells) paper entitled Social Software and National Security (download here) for a few weeks. I took a quick peruse the other day and was digging what I was reading but thought I’d take a deeper dive on a Sunday morning. Here are my thoughts: 1)Read… Read more »
Originally posted at thegovgurus.com: Are you going to a conference or meeting where you hope to meet the presenter? Maybe you have an idea you want to run by him/her? Maybe you just want to connect and swap business cards? Here’s the trick – Find him/her right before they go on. They are probably inRead… Read more »
Well it looked like the wisdom of the crowds worked…. I asked GovLoop members who they thought was going to win the NCAA Tournament once we had reached the final 8 and the answers were: 41.5% UNC 26.4% Wildcard 13.2% UConn 9.4% Louisville 9.4 Pittsburg This follows up the GovLoop BBall Tournament with winner Noel’sRead… Read more »