Procurement Management Stress

There’s a lot of pressure on procurement officers: cut costs, supplier quality, amount of people power, process compliance and contract management. More and more the paper piles and inability to accurately review and assess bids is hampering the success of many, many local government agencies. To meet this challenge specialty software providers are solving thisRead… Read more »

Does Federal Personnel Management Policy Prohibit Social Networking Based Job Referrals?

By Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D. More than 5 years ago my first exposure to “web 2.0” based professional networking was via Linkedin. As an independent IT management consultant it seemed natural to use web based networking to grow and develop professional relatiomships. Combined with my blogging I embarked on a rewarding series of professional experiencesRead… Read more »

Kristy’s Gov2.0 Heroes

(Original post at www.kristyfifelski.com) Cue Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath my Wings,” because I’ve got some Gov2.0 Heroes to thank. My heart is in local government, as my list reflects… Adriel Hampton A local govie with a day job as an investigator for the City of San Francisco. He’s made a huge contribution to Gov 2.0Read… Read more »

On Career, Fatherhood & Parental Leave

When my wife became pregnant with our third child, I’d just ‘officially’ graduated with my Master’s degree and was working on casual contract for the Government of Canada. A few months later, I became a permanent (‘indeterminate’) employee, and among the benefits I was eligible to receive was Parental Leave Without Pay. Admittedly, this soundedRead… Read more »

Cybersecurity Workforce

It’s the dawning of the age of the Cybersecurity workforce. Everyone seems to be jumping onboard the train as it heads out of the station, and we appear to have more than our fair share of conductors. On any given day it seems an article appears about the Cybersecurity workforce. Everything from the Department ofRead… Read more »

The next fuel alternative?

This video was made as a joke for a charity film festival. It got a lot of laughs but we were also hoping it would inspire someone to take this and run with it. On a daily basis my coworkers and I are alwasy trying to find innovative solutions to what seem like “wicked” problems.Read… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Hero Day

In celebration of Gov 2.0 Hero Day, I want to highlight a few visionary ROCKet stars at NASA: Robbie Schingler, Nick Skytland, Chris Kemp, Astronaut Mike Massimino, Astronaut and Innovator Ron Garan, and Sean Herron. Robbie Schingler: Chief of Staff, Office of Technology at NASA Headquarters. I met Robbie a few years ago in aRead… Read more »

Hybrid 2.0? How to leverage social media for emergency management and response.

For the past three years, I’ve been working in emergency management and social media. As I’ve been focused on leveraging social media tools and technology for use in emergency management and response, the world of Gov 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 has grown up all around me. Transparency and accountability are now synonymous with government activityRead… Read more »