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If The Government Did A Super Bowl Ad What Should It Be?
This morning I woke up and read an interesting post about whether an advertisement could help change government perception. I don’t know if the answer is a yes or no even though personally I think that it can’t do anything but help but that’s not the question I’m really asking. Rather I want to knowRead… Read more »
All the World Wants is a Good Job?
Posted in Deloitte’s Perspectives Blog By Greg Pellegrino One world-wide desire? A good job. That’swhat Gallup concluded in 2007, based on data it collected in its World Poll, anongoing effort to learn what’s on the minds of six billion people around theglobe. It’s a startling discovery. Imagine:from Cleveland to Kandahar, from Shenzhen to Montevideo, stopRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Have You Ever Felt Threatened as a Government Employee?
Like you, I am deeply disturbed by the Rep. Giffords shooting in Arizona. While the shooter clearly suffers from mental instability, the level of animosity in America towards public servants – from executive, legislative and judicial branches to Federal, state and local government – appears to be at an unprecedented high. But is the actualRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Watch Out! What’s Coming at Us in 2011?
Enough of the looking back! It’s time to set our sights on what awaits in 2011. And it’s shaping up to be a earth-shaking year in government. Here are the issues where Ed O’Keefe has fixed his keen Federal Eye in 2011: 10 things to watch across government in 2011 Here are a couple ofRead… Read more »
Russian Gov’t To Move To Free Software By 2015
A very interesting post on Mashable yesterday. The Russian Gov’t is switching to free software completely by 2015. The order was put out by prime minister Putin. Is this a good call or bad call? Here’s the full article: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork forRead… Read more »
Missouri Reaches Out To Public For Cost Cutting Ideas
Thanks to my hometown newspaper and a tweet from Dominic Campbell I stumbled across the fact that Missouri state senators have thrown up their hands and are now reaching out to the public for ideas to cut the budget. This is actually a really smart idea if you’re an elected official… no one wants toRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Top Stories of the Year
Here at GovLoop we’ve been cranking out Best of 2010 lists for everything government from blogs to podcasts to moments. We’ll we aren’t the only ones doing so. Our buddy Ed O’Keefe at the Washington Post has been looking back at all his Federal Eye posts this year and released his top 10 today. 2010Read… Read more »
Daily Dose: Get Off a Govie’s Back Already!
Earlier this year, GovLoop’er Sandy Ressler posted one of our most popular posts of the year, entitled “I Am a Government Employee and I Am NOT the Enemy.” Well, it turns out that public sentiment hasn’t budged an inch, according to this story from The Washington Post: Public servants feel sting of budget rancor HereRead… Read more »
Best of 2010: Top 5 Overall Gov’t Podcasts
Continuing on with our GovLoop 2010 lists of awesomeness, it’s time to give credit where credit is due to the Top 5 Government Podcasts of the year. Podcasts are everywhere. You can literally find a series on practically any topic you can think of! But these podcasts stand out. They are relevant and important toRead… Read more »