This morning I attended the Public Service Recognition Week Public Service Town Hall, put on by the Partnership for Public Service. It was a “Public Employees Roundtable and federal agency leaders for a town hall discussion about what agencies are doing to deliver vital public services at a lower cost, how to communicate that valueRead… Read more »
A recent report from Cisco identifies that video is at the core of government telework. The report, Video at the Core of Government Telework: Overcome Resistance with Face-to-Face Interaction, has some interesting insights to telework and the impact telework can have in government. Cisco also has a great video on telework: The report quickly providesRead… Read more »
Do you have the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for success in the Digital Era? Regardless of the sector you work in, your professional discipline, your place in the organizational hierarchy – and to some extent your career stage – there is a core set of competencies necessary to effectively leverage new technologies to achieveRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 8th of May, 2012 We told you last week about how House Republicans were considering a bill that would protect increased defense department spending. Politico says House Republicans have decided to push ahead with plans to protect increased defense spending without raising taxes, largely byRead… Read more »
As a public service people person, it’s my favorite time of year. If you’re like me, you hardly ever stop for a minute to think about every local, state, and federal employee whose passion it is to wake up every day to serve his/her fellow citizens. We may be federal/state/local employees ourselves, but we oughtRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Recently, the White House Correspondents Dinner (AKA “Nerd Prom”) and its bevy of pre-parties, after-parties, and brunches hit Washington, DC by storm as it does every spring. But across the Potomac in Arlington, VA, a simultaneous gathering of government enthusiasts known as “Transparency Camp” occurred, sequestered from networking with influentialRead… Read more »
The BPD flies under the radar providing some truly essential services to our government At the 2-3 May 2012 HP Software Government Summit, Joe Gribble of the Department of Treasury Bureau of Public Debt brought up some really amazing success stories of how they are following executive directives and transforming their IT business processes. TheRead… Read more »
It’s 8:40 a.m., Monday morning. You are supposed to be at your desk by 8:30 a.m. and you are not there yet. You are certain your manager will notice. As you hurry into the office with stress levels at an all-time high, you start thinking of excuses. You can’t be honest and tell your bossRead… Read more »
The Mobile Platform Development Webinar Series will continue with Apple iOS on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST. Before the session, we wanted to share some highlights from the first two sessions presented by Research in Motion(RIM)/Blackberry and Windows Phone. The series was developed to help government agencies learn how to deliver government content–information, data and services–anytime, anywhere and onRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Federal agencies are currently investigating months of cyber attacks against the computer networks managing major natural gas pipelines. More here. The Department of Defense is funding research on a “novel device to perform surveillance on adult insect disease vectors.” More here. Researchers have intercepted new ransomwareRead… Read more »