November 5th. That’s the day would-be Presidential Management Fellows can begin their applications for the prestigious program. The highly competitive and very thorough application process is incredibly hard to successfully navigate. But we here at GovLoop are here to help. Our team in partnership with the Robertson Foundation for Government, have designed an interactive guide,Read… Read more »
On GovLoop Insight’s DorobekINSIDER The Office of Personnel Management estimates that one-third of the almost 300,000 federal employees, including emergency staff in the DC metro area telework when government buildings are closed because of weather. That’s a HUGE increase. So is Hurricane Sandy the catalyst for telework? Click here for the full recap. This blogRead… Read more »
First, the came for the statisticians, and I said nothing because I was not a statistician One of the things I noticed was an increasing amount of attacks on Nate Silver’s 538 blog and his methodology. Some range from concern trolling from Politico to downright name calling by the man behind Unskewed polls. What NateRead… Read more »
The Office of Personnel Management estimates that one-third of the almost 300,000 federal employees, including emergency staff in the DC metro area telework when government buildings are closed because of weather. That’s a huge increase from the 8% of federal employees who telework on a weekly basis. So could Hurricane Sandy and super storms likeRead… Read more »
I‘m seeking comments on my updated and expanded white paper “A Framework for Transparency Program Planning and Assessment.” It’s located here: http://www.ddmcd.com/outline.html My focus is primarily on understanding how improved transparency and openness can impact the individuals and groups targeted by government programs. I know that much attention on program transparency in recent years hasRead… Read more »
Apologies for the lack of posting lately on here. The reason for this quietness can be seen in this set on Flickr. Anyway, my friends at Clinked – who make a rather good online collaboration and project management platform – have produced an interesting infographic on the state of online collaboration. I’ve pasted it inRead… Read more »
23-year-old Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke, Massachusetts delivered a powerful presentation at the Next Generation of Government Summit this past July. I’d like to break it down, and analyze what I think made it so effective. The speech in its entirety can be viewed here: Audience and Theme Mayor Morse is speaking at an innovativeRead… Read more »
I thought this infographic from the US on enterprise social networking from Tibbr, released in July 2012, was worth sharing. Particularly notable was how high an adopter of these types of tools was government (‘Public Administration’) at 74%, which closely reflects the share of Australian Government agencies I’ve tracked as now using social media officiallyRead… Read more »
Post Highlights GovLoop releases new report: Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government Report includes a survey of GIS professionals in government Post identifies challenges stated in the survey conducted by GovLoop The GovLoop report, Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government, focuses on best practices, case studies and identifies innovative uses of geographic informationRead… Read more »
Hurricane Sandy might go down in history as the first natural disaster to really go viral. The Huffington Post reports, More than 244,000 photos have been posted to Instagram with the hashtag #sandy, according to app founder Kevin Systrom. More than 144,000 more have been posted under #hurricanesandy and another 23,000 photos under #frankenstorm. “ThereRead… Read more »