There’s been a bunch of discussion about how Clinger-Cohen has been an utter failure – that the rules are too prohibitive to be agile, that government is in the Stone Age when it comes to IT, etc. Allow me to offer a root cause: very few of our Executive Agencies have actually put the CIORead… Read more »
360 degree assessments can make a big difference in employee development, but what if your organization is not ready for 360 feedback? Consider using 180-degree format: self + supervisor. 6 Key Reasons to Consider 180-degree feedback instead of 360: Reality check – allows the person being rated the benefit of comparing self-perception of strengths andRead… Read more »
When: Tuesday August 17th, 10 am Est 1500 AM or listen later on demand at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=309&sid=2023222 Panelists: Mike Teller, CIO of the DC Government, Office of the CFO, Michael Batt, Dynamics Director of SLG, Education, Healthcare Jim Townsend, CEO of Infostrat I had the privilege of appearing with Mike Teller of the DC Government andRead… Read more »
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the case of Staub v. Proctor Hospital, No. 09-400. For over a decade, Vincent Staub worked as an angiography technologist at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois. Staub testified that he was subjected to belittling behavior from his supervisor during the course of hisRead… Read more »
Daniel Schuman of The Sunlight Foundation — and a member of our community — has posted Money in State Judicial Elections, on The Sunlight Foundation Blog. Mr. Schuman’s post discusses two new information resources that make interesting use of law-related data: The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change, a new report byRead… Read more »
I know, I know…. Some of you are shaking your heads now and saying I guess John has run out of things to talk about. Seriously, we all know that you want to keep your web site dynamic and fresh. We all know that those web sites where the content never changes are about asRead… Read more »
I recently spent a week in beautiful Tampa, Florida for the U.S. Army’s premier information technology conference and showcase – the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) LandWarNet. The show floor was buzzing this year, with more than 9,000 government and industry attendees and more than 300 exhibits. I caught up with Becky Nolan,Read… Read more »
We’ve all heard that one of the most important things in real estate is location, location, location. The job search equivalent is key words, key words, key words. Key words are the nouns or phrases that employers and recruiters use when scanning or searching resumes. How do you find the right key words? Your firstRead… Read more »
For years, many of us have worried there is too much content on government websites…that we’ve let the clutter overwhelm the content that our customers really want and use. Well, let me tell you what Sam Gallagher, my friend and former colleague at HUD, has accomplished because this is an honest-to-goodness hoorah success story inRead… Read more »
We’ve been super busy planning our next LAUNCH sustainability forum. The topic for our second forum is “sustaining human life.” LAUNCH is our incubator program that searches for visionaries, whose world-class ideas, technologies or programs show great promise for making tangible impacts on society. At each LAUNCH forum, ten innovators and 40 thought leaders comeRead… Read more »