I recollect being introduced to the interesting CouchSurfing Project at last spring’s DC Gov 2.0 Uncamp. I first heard of this hospitality network while watching a social media documentary that took viewers into a month in the life of a first time American couchsurfer visiting London. I was instantly fascinated by the concept. CouchSurfing’s missionRead… Read more »
On my Capgemini Blog www.capgemini.com/ctoblog someone posted a very insightful comment recently; “If you are a carpenter with a traditional saw and you buy a motor powered bench saw (new technology) then you had better change the way you work because lifting up the new bench saw and taking it to the wood certainly isn’tRead… Read more »
[Note: cross-posted from http://cpsrenewal.ca; also there are some good comments worth checking out on the website directly] [Warning, long post ahead …] Like any writer, I try to explain the general context around which I am writing and conclude with an argument based on that explanation. This article started getting away from me in termsRead… Read more »
I used to say “If I” a lot… If I was the boss. If I had a million dollars. If I was the president. If I was the head coach of the team. As I get older, I keep on thinking it’s easy to criticize those with “If I” Now I’m focused more on gettingRead… Read more »
Nominations are being accepted until February 19, 2010. Start your online application now at http://www.citizenservices.gov/aboutus/AwardNomination.php In the interest of open and transparent government, the award applications are being posted on the program blog as they come in http://citizenserviceaward.wordpress.com/ Participate in the judging process by leaving comments. If your agency has already applied, engage your employees.Read… Read more »
http://www.fedinsider.com By any measure, the 2011 budget request from the Obama administration is big. But when it comes to federal spending on IT in the next fiscal, it’s clear that the days of high single-digit or double-digit growth are over. Spending will be approximately $80 billion, a slight increase over enacted 2010 spending. But theRead… Read more »
http://www.fedinsider.com Soon after returning from a year of active duty as an Army reserve officer, Lisa Schlosser left her job as CIO of the Housing and Urban Affairs Department to join EPA. Now, as Director of the Office of Information Collection, she finds herself at the center of the signature data-use initiative of the ObamaRead… Read more »
Cross posted from my website: Streetsblog-Capitol Hill’s Elena Schor posted an interesting analysis a report titled Projects and Paychecks: a One Year Report on State Transportation Successes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (and a website), released yesterday by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the trade group representing stateRead… Read more »
As an executive coach, I have seen a number of my clients facing challenges related to the issue of delegation. These leaders often find that they don’t have enough time during the day to get everything done, and they can’t figure out what they might be doing wrong. They are often not doing the workRead… Read more »
February 10, 2010 There is a recent article in the New York Times addressing whether or not officers and command staff accurately recorded crime data. The article by William Rashbaum states: “More than a hundred retired New York Police Department captains and higher-ranking officers said in a survey that the intense pressure to produce annualRead… Read more »
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