*********************************************** Not Yet a Member? JOIN GOVLOOP!(It’s free and takes 30 seconds) ************************************************ If we were analyzing federal holidays in a Six Sigma class, we’d cross off Columbus Day right away. How can the federal government get more bang for its buck? Well, easy…let’s work on Columbus Day. Does this mean eliminating a national holiday?Read… Read more »
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Survivor Annuity, Retire Happy, Save a Life – Maybe Your Own, & UPDATES
A soon to be retired fed contacted me last month about an estimate they received from their HR department with a grossly incorrect survivor benefit cost estimate. The employee was advised that a full survivor benefit for their spouse would reduce their monthly benefit by one third! Incorrect high estimates like this can put theRead… Read more »
Government 2.0 Tools not enough for CityCamp Boston
As you think about the potential value to the City and the entire region, it’s citizens and employees, of an event like CityCamp Boston it’s hard not to get excited. We are pulling out all the stops, technology-wise, and diving into full-blown social media madness (in a good way of course). As you look toRead… Read more »
Gourmet Web Experiences on a Fast Food Budget – Jared Spool at NAGW 2010
It’s been a great week! First, I participated in Manor.Govfresh – an incredible, move-the-needle, local government innovation showcase event. Now I am covering the 2010 National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) National Conference. The morning started with the pop of a champagne cork with Jared Spool presenting under the title “Cooking Up Gourmet Experiences onRead… Read more »
Announcing – GovLoop/CampusGov Scholarship Winner
When I first met Matt of CampusGov and we talked about the need for a public service scholarship, I had no idea it would work so great. During the last few months, we’ve had a great run with hundreds of applicants, some really great essays, and hundreds of votes from the community . We areRead… Read more »
Technology, learning and knowledge
I had a good time up in Scotland last week, and enjoyed putting together and delivering my talk at the Learning Pool event we ran – which saw a great turnout. My discussion focused on the use of technology in a time of immense change and budget pressures, focusing on not just the use ofRead… Read more »
Raising the Dial Tone, Part 2.
(Part 1 is archived at http://jbordeaux.com/raising-the-dial-tone/) Recently, Dennis McDonald offered that transparency and collaboration should be considered as efficiency measures in the Secretary of Defense’s initiatives. A sharp comment to this post responded by detailing the dire state of the federal procurement system, offering that the system is “completely broken, not superficially but structurally andRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up September 24, 2010
What we read this week at The IBM Center for the Business of Government: Gadi Ben-Yehuda Spy drones for your iPhone! I found two “Welcome to the Age of Skynet” toys this week: Rovio, a three-wheel robot with a camera that you can control over the the Web, and the very Terminator Salvation Parrot AR,Read… Read more »
GovLoop Gets Shout Out in The Economist
It’s always nice to get good press, eh? Well, Steve Ressler and GovLoop got a really nice mention in The Economist today, under the Schumpeter column titled “The wiki way: Two cyber-gurus take a second look at how the Internet is changing the world.” Here’s the relevant excerpt: Wikinomics is even rejuvenating the fusty oldRead… Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Step 3: Co-Deliverer
Why should people do ‘government work’? What’s in it for them and how can we make it easier, more rewarding, or both? In his book, “The McDonaldization of Society,” George Ritzer points out an invisible obvious fact: McDonald’s is able to keep its costs low in part becuase its patrons perform essential functions for theRead… Read more »