So Sunday I did some epic reading (or say skimming) of the nearly 30 OpenGov Plans from the various agencies. Here are my initial thoughts and descriptions –Size – Ranged in size from 20 pages to 80 pages. While I usually lean towards shorter is better, often the shorter plans felt like they lacked substanceRead… Read more »
So I’m a big fan of the folks over at 37signals.com – a great blog written by the designer/developers over there who have created great stuff like BaseCamp. What I like about them is they are not afraid of speaking their mind and they are often contrarian. They are purposely small, purposely advocate working less,Read… Read more »
Great white paper by the folks at NASPAA on fixing graduate student hiring in the federal government Personally I do see there is a great opportunity to take the PMF program and expand and make more of flagship program like Teach for America. The federal government is losing a lot of great talent by notRead… Read more »
(The original post can be found at WiseBread written by Jason Kay) With unemployment hitting some scary levels as of late there seems to be one entity that is almost unaffected by the trend; the government. The government is not only continuing its strong hiring that it conducts each year, but bucking the employment trend.Read… Read more »
Originally published by Roger Schwarz on April 7 as GovExec’s Management Matters column. Are you a transparent leader? Soon after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order calling for agencies to be transparent, participatory and collaborative as a means to strengthen democracy and to make government more efficient and effective. The directive focused onRead… Read more »
I’m writing a little series on Top 5s on various topics – I encourage you to write yours. There’s lots of key documents that form a government agency’s IT operations. Here’s my “Top 5”: 1 – IT Strategic Plan – every agency needs one. Sometimes they are shelf-ware, sometimes valuable. But they set the visionRead… Read more »
Maybe we should give up on this quest for a “government 2.0” or “open government.” Maybe the people in senior positions are, well, just that – too “senior.” Or maybe it’s that most public servants just aren’t that interested in being collaborative, transparent or participatory. Of course, you know me well enough to understand thatRead… Read more »
What an epic championship. From Northern Iowa upsets, to Bob Huggins making out with players…and who would have guessed Butler would have made it to the final and have 2 last second shots at winning the title. Plus the Dukies not choking… What a #govmadness. To our winners – email me your address (founder atRead… Read more »
I mentioned last week, we are launching a GovLoop Advisory Board to help us make GovLoop more awesome. For more information, click here.#1 – Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist#2 – Bill Bott, former Missouri Deputy CIO#3 – Anthony Williams, Consultant and Best-Selling co-Author of Wikinomics#4 – Steve Kelman, Harvard Kennedy School Professor#5 – Chris Dorobek,Read… Read more »
Great document by NASCIO on protecting mobile devices. Nascio Security At The Edge View more documents from GovLoop. Favorite