Communications

Latest findings from a survey of 220 public service professionals

Winter 2013 PSRPanel Quarterly Questionnaire, conducted by 220 public service professionals, in January, covered a range of topics related to public service and current affairs. Continuing brighter outlook on the direction of the country: Increasingly, panelists see the country overall as heading in the right direction (59%), continuing an upward trend seen over our lastRead… Read more »

Shape research and knowledge about the important work you do

The Public Service Research Panel (PSRPanel) is a project housed at Rutgers University that supports academic and applied research in public and non-profit management and related fields. As a public service professional, you’re invited to visit the PSRPanel.org webstie to view results of our prior surveys — and to sign up to be included inRead… Read more »

Citizen Engagement and Web-based enrollment webinar

Continue your training for digital media accessibility and excellence with our upcoming webinar. You and your colleagues are invited to join us for an interactive webinar focused on complying with government mandates for delivering digital content. As you know, the Administration is requiring electronic access to government by all citizens, regardless of device. Enrollment processesRead… Read more »

Big Data revolution, changing the way we live, work and think – Plus Your Weekend Reads

Welcome to GovLoop InsightsIssue 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. And,Read… Read more »

How Big Data and Location Analytics are Impacting GIS for Government

Post Highlights Esri and GovLoop hosted a meetup for the GIS community Presentations include insights on how big data and location analytics are impacting GIS for government GIS now has implications for non-traditional users, and agencies can leverage current IT investments along with GIS Yesterday GovLoop and Esri hosted a meetup for the GIS community,Read… Read more »

The Perils of Open Conversation

A global police tweet-a-thon is going on right now. (hashtag #poltwt) However, the open and anonymous nature of Twitter is disrupting a thread of highly productive conversation. A hashtag was chosen and it didn’t take long before there were porn and clearly fake police postings popping up. I’ve participated in more than a few government-orientedRead… Read more »

Government Big Data: What’s Next? Experts Give Insight

Big data continues to be a hot topic in government. Yesterday, GovLoop, EMC, and Carahsoft took the discussion to the next level by hosting a live webinar Government Big Data: What’s Next? Topics ranged from how agencies are using analytics to manage data, making data more accessible, and innovative solutions to storing mass quantities ofRead… Read more »