Did you recently take a new position that requires you to have a more supervisory role? This past week I had the good fortune of spending time with several government leaders in our Center for Government Leadership training programs who are facing that very challenge. These Q&A’s came from from than 70 federal supervisors fromRead… Read more »
Mayor Fetterman of Braddock Pennsylvania has been fighting to restore Braddock, which was once a prosperous town during 1920s. Now it is dilapidated, but slowly and painfully recovering. There are many such stories around the country. http://www.15104.cc/ruins Also, similar such fate is of Detroit. It is estimated that about 40 % of the houses areRead… Read more »
Today was an extremely busy day for #gov20 and #opengov events and tons of great topics. I was following the tweets from #govwebcon (especially @gwynnek and @levyj413) and thought this could lead to some great discussion on content, feedback, technology, public relations, transaction vs. information, and more. So anyone who doesn’t want the conversation toRead… Read more »
In this week’s interview I speak with Nicole Nelson-Jean, who has worked for more than 14 years with the Department of Energy on nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and national security issues. Nicole discusses some of her complex roles such as securing Russian nuclear materials in Siberia, as well as how she balances those responsibilities withRead… Read more »
Over the last couple days, about a dozen people have asked me, “What do you think of the FedSpace idea?” In fact, one GovLooper has already opened a forum on the subject. What I’ve been saying: “It’s awesome. I’m a big fan.” As Tim O’Reilly stated with his blog “Government as a platform” – itRead… Read more »
Numerous blogs out there sport #Gov20 or #OpenData buzzword these days igniting interesting conversations around what they believe Government 2.0 platform is probably gonna be like tomorrow. Some assume it to be a Facebook clone, some say it should be Twitter et al and some go even as far as challenging the norms of opennessRead… Read more »
As we work on how to use social networking technologies in Gov 2.0, I thought this article from IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management might be of some interest to practitioners. “The Strategic Implications of Web Technologies: A Process Model of How Web Technologies Enhance Organizational Performance” answers two questions: 1) “How do Web technologies supportRead… Read more »
So cool to see Sheila Campbell in Fast Company as most influential women in tech. She runs the GSA Web best practices team… http://www.fastcompany.com/article/sheila-campbell-gsa?1272371351 Favorite
GovLoop Goes to the White House No…it’s not Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. But Mr. GovLoop did go to the White House recently. Thanks to one of the very fine GovLoopers who is currently detailed to the White House… I got a pretty cool after-hours tour. The GovLoop button was displayed proudly as I walkedRead… Read more »
An internal blog post at my work has had me thinking quite a bit. A senior leader – who I have a great deal of respect for – has challenged my notions of government work by stepping right out of government examples altogether to identify an organization he thinks does it very, very right. Disney.Read… Read more »