Communications

National Audit Office invites the public to contribute to departmental audits

In what I believe is a global first, Australia’s National Audit Office (ANAO) has launched a pilot program inviting members of the public to contribute to selected audits in progress, aimed at promoting closer citizen engagement in the audit process. The system allows the public to provide contributions related to the efficient and effective implementationRead… Read more »

Think Campaigning is Tough — Try Governing, Being the Gov’s CEO

We’ve all listened to the debates, the campaign stump speeches, the political ads — and if you were looking for the candidates take on policy — you’d be satisfied. But what about operations, implementation and management tactics? If you were looking for how the President or Governor Romney would actually implement those policies you wouldRead… Read more »

Interdisciplinary

A colleague recently asked my opinion about a website he had built for his office. He was a writer and organizer by trade, and had been asked to build this site using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to facilitate online interaction in the office. But it wasn’t having the intended result — no one wanted to useRead… Read more »

E-Verify Makes its Debate Debut — Plus DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Did you tune-in to last night’s debates? Record numbers of you took to twitter. But career feds were still left in the dark for specifics on what a second-term Obama administration or a Romney-Ryan ticket would actually look like. So how do the career folks prep? Click here for the fullRead… Read more »

Do I Really Want To Work Here? What Are You Doing To Keep Me Engaged?

Many of us have experienced that moment – that moment when the excitement of a new job or new role begins to wane and we feel less than enthusiastic about going to work every day – the engagement decline. When you get that “Ugh, I so don’t want to come to work today…” feeling, oftenRead… Read more »

Trending Now: The Public Sector Focuses on Customer Service

Daryl Covey, an experienced service manager with over thirty-eight years of public sector service, brought together federal customer service managers from all lines of business. The group collaboratively generated a collection of customer service “best practices” for government employees. Covey shares his findings and the findings of these experts in his new book, Government CustomerRead… Read more »

The Best of Romney’s ‘Binders Full of Women’ Meme

Mitt Romney’s unfortunate phrasing touched off Internet hysteria following the Oct. 16 town hall presidential debate. The moment came when Romney stumbled over a question regarding pay equity, telling the audience how he used “binders full of women” to recruit female cabinet members as Governor of Massachusetts. The full remark courtesy of the ABC NewsRead… Read more »