It was the the tweet heard around the country: “CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody” The first official announcement that law enforcement agencies had concluded their manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev didn’t come at a press conference. ItRead… Read more »
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2014 Public Participation Interviews: John Lewis on Outreach
We recently started reading a terrific interview series from the talented team at Collaborative Services on public participation lessons they have learned in the last year, and we wanted to share their insights with the NCDD community. The third interview in the series features the reflections of John Lewis of Intelligent Futures, who shares insightsRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: November 22, 2013
Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week I’ve been reading about data and innovation. Innovation in the public sector: I gave a talk this week on my chapter in the Center’s “Six Trends Driving Change in Government,” during which I used an eminently tweetable quote: “Innovation is figuring out how to build a bicycle while you ride it.”Read… Read more »
From the President: What did our survey tell us?
NAGC recently surveyed our membership on this year’s Communications School to gauge, from your perspective, the effectiveness of the school’s curriculum so that we can fine tune our plans for the 2014 school and to ensure the subject matter offered meets your expectations and needs. In reference to April’s school, more than 95 percent ofRead… Read more »
Making Better Decisions: Leveraging Your Resources In Challenging Times
Often times it seems like the government’s answer to a problem is to add more regulations or requirements. To pile on the problem rather than really look for a solution. AGA and six national associations of government officials released a call-to-action guide designed to help promote trust in government by limiting government requirements to thoseRead… Read more »
Let’s Just Pretend the FAR Change Didn’t Happen
By Phil Seckman, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Sharp Electronics Corporation addresses a quandary familiar to federal supply schedule contractors regarding the proper contracting officer (CO) to whom the contractor must direct its contract claims to ensure jurisdiction. Sharp Corporation v. McHugh, 2013 WL 646330 (Fed. Cir. 2013).Read… Read more »
New Sensation with Stephanie Tripp, Oregon Health Authority, Public Affairs
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
There’s Still Time to Make It to the NAGC 2013 Communications School!
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Have you been on the fence? There’s still time.Don’t Miss the National Association of Government Communicators 2013 Communications School!You can see the full agenda here: http://www.nagconline.com/CommunicationsSchool/documents/NAGC-Communication-School-Program2013.pdfRegistration is now open for the NAGC 2013 Communication School, “Government Communicators – Engaging Citizens in Democracy,” being held April 17-19, 2013,Read… Read more »
7 Steps to Successful Supervision
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Having great relationships with others is vital to advancing your career. The relationship between you as a supervisor and those you supervise is one of the most important. But between long, busy workdays and stressful situations, that relationship can get ignored or thrown out the door entirely.Read… Read more »
Reinventing the Role of Government Communicators – A Collective Effort!
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Can government communicators influence their leaders toward greater transparency? That’s the goal of a major effort in South Eastern Europe. Having done away with their socialist past in the early 1990s following the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the nation states in the broader regionRead… Read more »