David McClure: Longtime IT analyst and investigator to lead GSA citizen services unit by Gatham Nagesh, NextGov

A veteran information technology analyst and former Government Accountability Office official has been appointed to lead the General Services Administration office in charge of interacting with the American public, the agency announced on Tuesday. David McClure will take over as associate administrator of GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications on Aug. 24. The officeRead… Read more »

Do Government Agencies Need Viral Video Response Teams?

“On Easter Sunday in a small mountain town, the intentionally playful actions of two employees quickly became a worldwide marketing nightmare for a large company franchise. A slow workday at Domino’s Pizza in Conover, N.C. prompted this duo to create videos showing a male sticking cheese up his nose and then putting it on aRead… Read more »

100 Cities that use Google Analytics

Why would I care well since the GA control panel can give out so much information I have written each of the cities asking for permission to be add to the security of GA with my Gmail account. This task takes less then 5 minutes and should give no private information. Being in control ofRead… Read more »

Logistics Training and a great day

Taught my portion of Logistics training today. Had a great time. I love being out of the office for a short time, even if it is in another office.

Technology of the Information in the Legislative of Fortaleza

Since 1997 the House uses the World Net of Computers–Internet for popularization of your Legislative works. Being used of simple resources and of low cost, we got to transmit the Sessions Plenary, live, guaranteeing to the citizen the possibility to accompany him/it day by day of your parliamentarian. I Begin it: In a change inRead… Read more »

U.S. Code as Linked Data

Recently the Office of the Law Revision Council released a request for proposal (RFP) to upgrade their website. “The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.” We responded to thatRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Postal Union Responds to Obama’s Comments

A union representing postal supervisors, managers and postmasters wants President Obama to reconsider his recent comments that compared the Postal Service with UPS and FedEx. In a letter sent late last week to the White House, National Association of Postal Supervisors President Ted Keating informed Obama of his union’s “collective disappointment that you chose theRead… Read more »

University of Miami focuses on improving patient outcomes with Health IT

Guest blog by Dr. Carl Buising, Executive Director of Healthcare, Microsoft, US Public Sector Originally posted on Bright Side of Government Washington and the nation are struggling right now to improve the efficiency, quality, cost, and outcomes of healthcare. There are a multitude of interrelated issues and challenges, and many valid priorities to acknowledge andRead… Read more »

Grant Funds Available for Journal Articles on Budgeting

Public Financial Publications (PFP), the publisher of Public Budgeting & Finance (PB&F), is pleased to announce a program of financial support for new, strong academic research in the federal budget and the federal budget process. Unprecedented challenges face the federal government in the next several years as it confronts extraordinary fiscal challenges. In that environment,Read… Read more »

My Favorite Links

Useful links I have found on GovLoop and elsewhere: Leadership Four Star Management – General Bill Creech (1927-2003) orchestrated an extraordinary turnaround of the Tactical Air Command that ultimately swept through the rest of the Air Force and many other parts of the U.S. Armed Forces. Grassroots Leadership – Inspirational FastCompany article about Mike Abrashoff,Read… Read more »

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