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Getting To Seamless

In my last post, I set out a comment from a speaker at a recent event held at NASA. The quote was: “The future of Open Government is allowing seamless conversations to occur between thousands of government employees and thousands of others.” I think this is what we are now calling a network. In thisRead… Read more »

Who cares about transparency? Show me the money!

I am always impressed by the efforts of countries, cities, and towns to open up data silos, to engage with citizens and customers, to collaborate and create mutual value. However, we must be able to articulate the value of our efforts if we are ever to get citizens, journalist, and others truly excited. I readRead… Read more »

Up in the cloud!

Public Sector Partner Briefing – Government Track 27th of Sep London, Wonderful time of the year in London, drizzly pleasant weather – Fall is well on its way! MS campus in Reading is where partners from the UK and around the world were invited to a full-day public sector partner briefing. The agenda included plenaryRead… Read more »

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Increasing “Jointness” and Reducing Duplication in DoD Intelligence

(The views on this blog do not reflect necessarily the views of any client or employer – Dr. Bordeaux is solely responsible for the material posted to this GovLoop blog. This blog should not be considered reflective of an official position on the part of anyone other than John Bordeaux.) When the Secretary of DefenseRead… Read more »

GovLaunch – Introducing New Fairfax County News/Engagement Website

Hi everyone, Just wanted to drop by and mention today’s launch of a new local government news/engagement website that I’ve been developing and thinking about for some time. In Fairfax County, our news lived in silos by department or other organizational boundaries. Social media sites existed, but often separate from news delivery and conversation. WeRead… Read more »

The Promise of the Project

Technology project failure or success statistics vary a great deal, because there’s no standard measure of project success. I suggest a new measure of project success or failure: the promise. Many times a project promises too much. If a new computer program promises to lower cost by reducing the number of staff required to accomplishRead… Read more »

Process Intelligence Will Help Gov 2.0 Endure

In my last posting I wrote about the advantages of using the Adaptive Project Framework (APF) to deliver Gov 2.0 projects. I argued that Gov 2.0 needs new management methods to take advantage of the new technologies and deliver on the promise of open, transparent, and accountable government. But Gov 2.0 doesn’t stop at theRead… Read more »

Project of Week – SAMHSA.gov Redesign

So I noticed on Twitter that @andrewpwilson was part of a team that was doing a redesign of samsha.gov and I thought it would be a great project of week to hear the story about it. I reached out and here’s his responses. Shout out to team – First things first, Andrew wanted to makeRead… Read more »

“Making an Impact” – by Michelle Stevens

*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks ************************* Like a majority of students, I entered college without a clear vision of my future career. I wanted a career where I could work with people and positively affect society, which drew me to explore public administration. MyRead… Read more »

Suburban Sprawl and Sustainable Communities: Enhancing Mission and Public Value through Open Government and Partnerships

For the last year, I’ve been blogging about the three pillars of the Open Government Initiative—transparency, participation and collaboration—both on my featured series on Govloop and Phase One Consulting Group’s Transformation in the Federal Sector Blog. Each pillar points at the same theme: the Government cannot provide the best value with taxpayer dollars on itsRead… Read more »