Welcome to week number two of… Friday’s Fab Five! Every Friday, we’re summarizing the best of the week and highlighting five members or moments that were especially awesome. 5. The Most Commented Blog of the Week was posted by Daniel Honker, who asked “What do the mid-term elections mean for public servants?” In fact, HonkerRead… Read more »
First off let me say that Boston was definitely a great city to end our GovUps tour in. All the cities rocked but Boston definitely brought the energy! We had tons of different people repping different places from all levels: federal (GSA people in Boston were a blast), State of Mass, YGL Boston and more.Read… Read more »
It turns out that an average of one in four new Federal employees are jumping jobs within the first two years. At least that’s what Joe Davidson wrote in his Federal Diary on the Washington Post: Attrition is high among new workers at many government agencies Davidson reports: As soon as Uncle Sam finds goodRead… Read more »
Last night the GovUp New England tour rolled into NYC for its 11th stop. 65+ rockstars gathered at Los Feliz, three flights down below the city that never sleeps. We had a mix from New York State Senate, the City of New York, State Insurance, peeps from Columbia, Penn, and NYU, GSA, Bloomberg… Stephen Goldsmith,Read… Read more »
For the last 10+ years, marketers have started to realize that interacting with consumers is not a one-way street. Refusing to operate with this mindset fully embraced will most likely leave you out in the cold. Consumers don’t want to be talked at, with the only opportunity for feedback a suggestions box glued to theRead… Read more »
Every month, I’ve been writing a “Backtalk” column for Federal Computer Week, collecting and coalescing the best conversations on GovLoop. The latest piece addresses the impact of the mid-term elections on Open Government efforts. Here are a few snippets: “Will the midterm election close down open government?” That was the question my GovLoop colleague StephenRead… Read more »
A few weeks back we posted on GovLoop about Lincoln Chafee an Independent candidate running for Rhode Island Governor and how he outlined GovLoop heavily in his Open Government Initiative for the state. Well last night just like any man with a good plan Chafee won the election for Rhode Island Governor. We are reallyRead… Read more »
The latest GovLoop piece on HuffPo is up! Here’s how it starts: Veterans: Do you remember what it was like to return from World War II as heroes, hearing a strong and sincere “welcome home” from an adoring American public? Baby Boomers: Do you remember how it felt to hear President Kennedy’s inspiring inauguration appeal,Read… Read more »
Last night was the Philly GovUp. I lived in Philly for 2 years and love coming back. And I have to say the Philly GovUp was awesome. We could see the whole city from our venue and we had an amazing audience. 65+ folks showed up ranging from DLA, GSA,City of Philadelphia, OPM, Next AmericanRead… Read more »
What do beauty queens and government geeks have in common? They both appeared at an event last week in which OPM Director John Berry applauded recent advances in Federal hiring reform, according to the Washington Post’s Joe Davidson: Federal hiring reform efforts ‘moving in right direction Davidson explains: It was one of those uniquely WashingtonRead… Read more »