On Today’s Edition of the DorobekINSIDER The future of the desktop: what the changes will mean for how you work. Insights from Cisco, Citrix and NetApp. Click here for the full story. Feds go to the movies — how you can learn leadership techniques from the summer blockbusters with Tom Fox from the Partnership forRead… Read more »
With summer in full swing it’s time for the annual summer blockbusters to start rolling out of Hollywood. Movies like the Avengers, Spiderman and the Hunger Games. You might be thinking, ok those are great movies but what do they really have to do with the federal government? More than you think. Tom Fox isRead… Read more »
In 2006 the Erie County Legislature (Buffalo, NY) adopted legislation which amended the County Charter by creating a Citizens Budget Review Commission. The push for such a commission came about due to the fiscal meltdown of the County several years ago. I support the idea of a Citizens Budget Review Commission as an opportunity forRead… Read more »
September is FEMA’s National Preparedness Month and part of this event is the announcement of the 2012 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards recipients. These awards recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, Citizen Corps Councils, and programs that work to create safer, stronger, and well-prepared communities that can withstand emergency events and disaster. The application period is openRead… Read more »
This year’s NAGC Communications School provided great opportunities to learn, network and hear great speakers. The breakout sessions touched on numerous topics relevant to government communicators and the challenges we face each day. One of the most engaging and interesting breakout sessions was the session about journalists’ perceptions of public information officers. Anyone who heardRead… Read more »
Have you heard about DOI’s Forum Series? The SES Forums are focused on organizational management and open to SES, GS-15 and GS-14 leaders throughout the Government. The Career, Diversity and Leadership (CDL) Forums are focused on career and personal development. Agencies can buy seats for individual events or on an annual basis for both forumsRead… Read more »
On today’s edition of the DorobekINSIDER We have CIOs, CFOs — does there need to be a chief innovation officer? We’ll talk about what the position is and how it might work. Click here for the full story. The outlook for government contractors might be grim, but there are some areas of growth. We’ll takeRead… Read more »
You have made it through Ready, you have made it through Set, and now it is time to Go. If all of the ground work has been done correctly in gathering and selling the idea, this part should be business as usual. Please check out Part One: Gathering Ideas and Part Two: Selling Ideas ofRead… Read more »
This is the second in a five part series, originally published on the Tri Tuns blog. In the last blog I told you how I recently I came across a page of Mark Twain quotes and in reading them I realized that the insights and teachings of a man who died decades before modern informationRead… Read more »
Unifying the View Across Data Silos … Easily! In this 60-minute webinar, the nation’s leading Health Information Exchange (HIE) provider, ICA, and MarkLogic will discuss how to bridge existing silos without “ripping out and replacing”. Companies today still try to end these silos with a rigid, lengthy approach, involving costly remapping and transformation into aRead… Read more »