5 Things That Could Be Stopping You From Your Next Promotion
Have you noticed you are consistently being passed for that coveted promotion? Here are five things you might be doing wrong.
How the Financial Transparency Act will Bring Open Data to Financial Regulation
The proposed Financial Transparency Act brings about a lot of questions. How exactly will it transform financial regulation? The video below explains how: Most financial regulatory agencies still use outdated document-based formats, instead of standardized, open data, to collect information from the financial industry. The Financial Transparency Act (H.R. 2477), introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa andRead… Read more »
Recognizing Superior Public Service at the NextGen Awards
For the past five years, the NextGen Public Service Awards has recognized superior public service and achievement. Nominations are now open for this year’s Awards until April 15. As a govie, you probably feel you have a bad rep, constantly bombarded with negative news and scandals. That’s why it’s so vital to share the successesRead… Read more »
Your Path to Combat Cybersecurity Threats
Learn how to combat cybersecurity threats.
Tips to Avoid a HealthCare.gov
Tips to avoid organizational failures.
Saying Goodbye to Siloed Security
This blog post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide, Understanding State and Local Government. Download the full guide here. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat research team released its 2015 Application Usage and Threat Report (AUTR) analyzing and correlating data from more than 7,000 organizations over a 12-month period gaining broad visibility into critical trends. Findings showRead… Read more »
Optimizing and Accelerating Your DevOps Process
This interview with Mike Dye, Solutions Infrastructure Architect and Chief Technology Officer at NetApp, is an excerpt from our recent “Guide to DevOps in Government“. The full guide is available for download at this link. There are a multitude of benefits to using DevOps: stronger collaboration and teamwork, better transparency, increased productivity, and, best ofRead… Read more »
3 Ways Cognitive Computing Improves Government
Government organizations are at a crossroads between greater demands for services and increasing obstacles to providing those services. In a recent executive report based on a survey of 100 government executives across the globe, IBM proposed that cognitive computing is the answer to some of the challenges that government organizations face. The principle behind cognitiveRead… Read more »
Is an Individual Retirement Account better than the Thrift Saving Plan?
One of the toughest financial decisions a retired individual or an individual who is about to retire faces is to whether he or she should keep his or her retirement savings in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) or should he or she transfer it to the IRA.
How the Federal Highway Administration Flipped Its Learning Model
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), faced two training issues that are all too common in government: a dispersed, time-crunched workforce; and budgetary restraints. Despite using a mixed approach to training that included in-person classroom instruction and online webinar courses, they still were dealing with several challenges inRead… Read more »