Happy Monday we are just days away from GovLoop’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit happening later this week. On today’s DorobekINSIDER The State Department is the federal government’s first agency, so you talk about a culture. But the State Department has been at the forefront of what is being called eDiplomacy or digital diplomacy.Read… Read more »
Did you ever have something that you wanted done in your community — but your elected leaders wouldn’t pay attention or kept saying that they don’t have the money. What if you could have like minded people come together to help fund those projects. The idea — the crowdfunding of civic projects — has someRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 23rd of July, 2012 The House has approved a $606 billion Defense Department spending bill. The bill includes a pay raise for military members but not the Pentagon’s civilians. Government Executive says the bill provides $518 billion in non-war funding — that is lower thanRead… Read more »
100 years ago the telegraph was thought of as a disruptive technology. “The importance of getting ahead of the technological curve is imperative. Otherwise you become irrelevant. Many wars could have been prevented if governments had adopted the telegraph quicker,” said Richard Boly the Director in the office of ediplomacy at the State Department. BolyRead… Read more »
This is the fifth blog post in a series of blog posts and podcasts talking through the recent GovLoop Guide to Workforce Planning. Be sure to take a listen to the podcase below and view the guide. You can find more HR resources by visiting the GovLoop Guide to Workforce Planning Homepage. Stephen Beard ofRead… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek… where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
Big data continues to be one of the hottest trends in government. A recent report from Oracle, Integrate for Insight, states, “Enterprises must learn to understand how best to leverage big data soon, since the amount of data being generated shows no signs of slowing down.” With the adoption of social channels by government, citizens,Read… Read more »
Right now there are more than a dozen cybersecurity bills floating around Congress. But are any of them going to be passed? And will they really make a difference? Rob Rachwald is the Director of Security Strategy at Imperva. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program about the biggest problems in the current cybersecurityRead… Read more »
We are less than one week away from our Next Generation of Government Training Summit. If you haven’t signed up yet — you can do so here. Download the Official NextGenGov App from your smartphone – simply search your phone’s store for “NextGenGov”, or click on this link from your phone, and you are goodRead… Read more »
GovLoop Research Report: Re-Imagining Customer Service In Government GovLoop is proud to announce our latest resource, The GovLoop Research Report: Re-Imagining Customer Service in Government. In this report, experts in the field provide insights and best practices to improve customer service in government. This is our fifth and final post, but be sure to checkRead… Read more »