Say Goodbye to Press Releases — The New Model for Gov Communication

In May, the White House officially released a new strategy to update federal government communication: The Digital Government Strategy. Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park says with the new strategy, “Open data will be the new default. On top of that the data should be public when possible. And finally, the data should be availableRead… Read more »

GAO Releases Report Providing Best Practices for Agile Development

Post Highlights GAO report identifies best practices for agile development Small iterations on IT projects can lead to savings and improved service delivery GAO report provides best practices and common challenges for agile development The hope of any IT investment by government is to improve the operational efficiency and performance to meet public demand. WithRead… Read more »

Backstage Pass: Kaiser Permanente and Integrated Care

The other day I had the opportunity to get a “backstage” tour of the Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center. Admittedly, I didn’t know what to expect when I first walked through the door, which looks remarkably like a hospital within an office building. However, after spending several hours walking the halls and seeing theRead… Read more »

Beyond Cats & Kardashians – 13 Tips on Building Meaningful Online Engagement

Today, I gave a talk at Cornell Law & Internet conference on the topic “Beyond Cats & Kardashians – Building Meaningful Online Engagement” Here’s my 13 of my tips: -Find the engagement pain point -Focus on the underlying demand for the service -Find the existing audience you can leverage -Embed elsewhere -Leverage timely events -PromoteRead… Read more »

Customer Service In Focus: New York City

Post Highlights GovLoop is Celebrating National Customer Service Week: Follow Here Francisco Navarro, Customer Service Policy Advisor, New York City, discusses customer service initiatives in New York City Story is an excerpt from GovLoop’s research report: Re-Imagining Government Customer Service This week GovLoop has been celebrating National Customer Service week. The following is an excerptRead… Read more »

Debate 1 Done, What Did We Learn? – Plus DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: De-mystifying big data. We got myth-busting with a state and local government guru. Click here for the full recap. https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/de-mystifying-big-data Did you know that the federal government funds more than 80 programs that gives transportation assistance to low income families, seniors, children and people with disabilities? That’s a lot of programsRead… Read more »