Agency and program leaders depend on a range of mission support functions, such as finance, technology, acquisition, or workforce management, to get their jobs done. The delivery of these functions, however, have changed significantly over the past quarter century. Twenty-five years ago, federal agencies typically did not have key executives leading mission support functions. TheseRead… Read more »
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Announcing the New Journal of Dialogue Studies
We were pleased to learn recently about the creation of the Journal of Dialogue Studies, a brand new academic publication dedicated to the theory and practice of dialogue. The JDS will be published by the Institute for Dialogue Studies, which is the academic platform of England’s Dialogue Society. For us non-academics, this journal presents aRead… Read more »
Healthcare.Gov and FITARA: Connecting the Dots by Steve Krauss
As Washington hits the ‘spin cycle’ and everyone from technocrats to mainstream pundits start diagnosing the failures associated with Healthcare.Gov, one thing that should be abundantly clear is this: Everything that Washington does is an IT Program in some way, shape, or form. Or perhaps put more succinctly, everything Washington does relies on an ITRead… Read more »
The Transformative Power of the Internet – Plus Your Weekend Reads
In the 21st century the world runs on the internet. But so very few of us understand the power behind the mouse. In part four of the DorobekINSIDER’s interview with journalist and author Andrew Blum, we look at how these connected networks are transforming the way we live, work and think. It seems to beRead… 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 »
“Are We There Yet?” Residents of Central Arkansas use online game to create roadmap for the future.
This article first appeared on EngagingCities but we’d like to share it here with the NCDD community. How do you get citizens to give feedback about their ideas for the community, while also educating them on the inherent repercussions of their preferences? How do you involve the public in your 30-year plan, while instilling anRead… Read more »
10 Things Federal Employees Can Learn From Donald Trump
“You have to think anyway, so why not think big?” – Donald Trump In a 2009 New York Enterprise report, “the Donald” gave 10 secrets for entrepreneurial success. As federal employees we have to think like entrepreneurs if we want to get ahead. Here are his tips: 1. Realize that being an entrepreneur is notRead… Read more »
Securing the Louisville Dashboard
Our Fellowship team, the Bourbon Planners, built a Jail Population Management Dashboard for the city of Louisville, Ken. This dashboard lets decision makers in Louisville’s criminal justice system visualize and analyze the population in various corrections programs. For reasons of privacy it became necessary to restrict access to the dashboard to certain people. These peopleRead… Read more »
Once Upon A Time, There Were Three Keiretsu
Bruce Schneier gave a talk at Authors@Google about his book, Liars and Outliers:Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive. I watched it a couple of months ago, and he provided a lot to think about. What started as an off-hand observation and has since become increasingly useful is his metaphor of the Three Keiretsu.Read… Read more »
Have no fear, Open Source is here!
We’re pleased to see GovLoop’s great report on open source solutions and agencies of the future released this month. OmniStudio, jumped on the open source bandwagon back in 2006, and we’ve long been making the argument that open source websites (especially those built in WordPress and Drupal) can help to lower tech costs, improve functionalityRead… Read more »