A little uncensored sweet gov tweets….will streamline next edition. Campariman : Open Govt: 120 days since memo issued, good overview on Obama “open, transparent & participatory government” http://bit.ly/FpdUw #Gov20 quitzlipochtli : @georgholzer klingt gut. 🙂 #k2020 #opengov #pcg09 schneeengel : @georgholzer ich bin dabei… #k2020 #OpenGov #pcg09 georgholzer : Würde am #pcg09 gerne ganz kurzRead… Read more »
You’ve seen a lot of posts from me regarding the social media activities of other agencies. Never have I highlighted an endeavor from my own organization. Well, this post changes everything! Here’s the backdrop: Throughout its history, the Graduate School has always adapted in creative ways to the changing needs of government. A few weeksRead… Read more »
I’m always a supporter of new ways to get thought leaders together on how we can improve government. I thought the NSI Bright Ideas was a cool project to have discussions on how gov’t could best invest recovery funds so when they reached out to me, I thought it was a great fit and GovLoopRead… Read more »
ashban : @tericee RT:@Podkeyne: Interoperability demo at AFCEA Solutions Interagency, Allied and Coalition Information Sharing-Disaster Mngt booth AFCEAHelen : Renuart: Security and access don’t compete with one another, they need to complement one another. #afcea #afceasol AFCEAHelen : Renuart: My coalition village has about 120ish flags flying in it. #afcea #afceasol signalmag : Tune intoRead… Read more »
Originally published at FedManager’s E-Report on behalf of Young Government Leaders. In an essay entitled Federal Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Fixing Government College Recruitment released in mid-April, Stephen Anders (a Masters of Public Policy Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School) recommended that Federal agencies should “increase their presence on social networking sites” like FacebookRead… Read more »
I.J. Ezeonwuka is one of my favorite people in public service. I first met her when I co-founded Young Government Leaders and she was an integral part of the team that took a 50 person happy hour group to a 501(c)(3) non-profit with thousands of members across the country. When I developed GovLoop, she wasRead… Read more »
I haven’t heard much of anything good in the news lately – the economy #FAIL, swine flu, Apple raising prices on itunes songs. And I won’t even start on the weather as of late. Last time I checked my zip code was in Washington DC, not Seattle. BUT – being a die-hard half-glass full kindRead… Read more »
When people join GovLoop, I always ask them who their favorite public servant is. I’ve done a visualization of this information with wordle. It’s pretty interesting – lots of presidents with Barack Obama leading the way. Favorite
In the last GovLoop poll I asked “When Will Gov 2.0 Take Off?” The answers were pretty interesting: 16.3% This summer 23.9% 6 months 21.7% 1 year 28.3% 2-3 years 9.8% never While we have some people on both sides (16.3% say this summer and 9.8% never), the majority bunch up in the middle withRead… Read more »
The contracting activity sector in the Department of Homeland Security has 22 departments. Seven of which were intact at the start of the organization. There are 3 major oversight agencies in the department that perform quality control to ensure the integrity of the department. Ms. Correa noted that OPO’s mission is simple, they don’t takeRead… Read more »