4 Examples of Verified Government

Is your government verified? I love the trend in social media of verifying government accounts. The public needs to know whether an account is really government or not and it can be hard to tell in social media. It truly is a continuation of web 1.0. The original verified e-government account is the .gov –Read… Read more »

#GovShutdown – Day 7 – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Getting approval to attend government conferences was a harrowing experience before the shutdown. Travel restrictions, budget cuts and management approval made it very difficult to attend any government conference, let alone conferences out of town. But now the government shutdown is going to make attending conferences even more difficult. We getRead… Read more »

Conferences were next to impossible before the shutdown…now?

Getting approval to attend government conferences was a harrowing experience before the shutdown. Travel restrictions, budget cuts and management approval made it very difficult to attend any government conference, let alone conferences out of town. But now the government shutdown is going to make attending conferences even more difficult. Joyce Bosc is the President ofRead… Read more »

Positively Defiant – How These Feds Focus On Mission

Furloughed feds were on display last night at the annual Service to America Medals. The Oscars for federal employees. The Sammies bring together the best and the brightest career employees to honor their work at the annual gala. But this year’s Sammies were marred by the government shutdown. Four of the winners are on furloughRead… Read more »

#GovShutdown Day 3, No Closer to a Resolution – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: All this talk about shutdown, has a lot of people questioning why they work for the government in the first place. But for FBI Seamus McElearney he couldn’t imagine working anywhere else. Here why his government job matters to him. Shutdown Day 3 It sounds like a broken record, but… notRead… Read more »

What keeps me in the government is…

“What has kept in me in the federal government is the satisfaction of knowing I am making a difference. Yes it has been tough, there have been furloughs and negative discussions, but for the people that work here at the FBI, they take great pride in their work and their whole mission is to justRead… Read more »

#GovShutdown Reader Day 2 – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: One of the only ways to get through the horribleness that is the government shutdown is to remember all the good work that federal employees do on a daily basis. We profile a metallurgist who is saving lives on stent at a time. Not much hope in with the shutdown. TheRead… Read more »

Profile of government excellence – Helps us remember the importance of gov

One of the only ways to get through the horribleness that is the government shutdown is to remember all the good work that federal employees do on a daily basis. Tomorrow night is the annual Service to America Medals gala. The Oscars for career federal employees. Dr. Paul Jablonski is a metallurgist with the DepartmentRead… Read more »

8 Ways To Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks

Achieving your agency’s mission with the newest technology is a necessary step to modernize services and to keep pace in the digital era. However, virtualization can make your agency more vulnerable if it is not paired with the right security measures. In GovLoop’s new Agency of the Future series guide, “Winning the Cybersecurity Battle,” featuresRead… Read more »

New and Improved Guide to the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Application Process

“The PMF is the premier federal program for recruiting the nation’s most talented students into the public service. The Robertson Foundation for Government has teamed up with the social networking site GovLoop to create PathtoPMF.com as the “go-to” guide, helping prospective applicants navigate the PMF process from application to placement. PathtoPMF.com and the accompanying guideRead… Read more »