Gadi Ben-Yehuda Bit of a dog’s breakfast this week. But it was delicious at dinner. The rise (and fall?) of MOOCs: From Fast Company: “I’d aspired to give people a profound education. . . But the data was at odds with this idea.” – Professor Sebastian Thrun, MOOC pioneer State Tech gives readers “A LookRead… Read more »
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How mapmakers are saving lives in the Phillippines – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: What happens when major projects fail? How do you rebound? Keep your team motivated? Insights from the Partnership for Public Service. But up front: The Atlantic: How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines Roll Call oped: David Hawkings: Budgetary Tunnel Vision: No Early Light atRead… Read more »
Public Cloud For The Public Sector
Within cloud computing, services can be offered privately by a service provider or publicly when applications and storage are available to the general public over the internet. Both models have their own advantages in cost and efficiency. Public clouds are often the most budget-conscious platform through their unique cost-sharing capabilities. The public cloud is justRead… Read more »
It’s Finally Here: The Citizen Engagement Tool Congress Has Been Waiting For
Here on GovLoop we’ve written and shared stories of how GIS has transformed executive level agencies. Yet, GIS is being used in more than just executive agencies. The legislative branch has also caught on to the power of GIS. Tim Petty, Deputy Legislative Director for Senator James Risch (R – Idaho), shared several examples ofRead… Read more »
Feds Job Satisfaction is Down, Again – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Back in 2010, Congress passed the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The goal was simple, strengthen performance management in agencies. That sounds simple, but in the government culture, it is hard to focus on outcomes over results. Find out the keys to performance management success. But up front: NY Times:Read… Read more »
Audit Outlines Missed IT Savings Chances for Agencies
A Government Accountability Office report says federal agencies have largely not developed comprehensive plans to consolidate information technology systems under the PortfolioStat initiative, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Joseph Marks writes GAO identified 200 IT reform opportunities that could save agencies up to $5.8 billion through 2015. GAO’s savings projection is more than double the $2.5 billionRead… Read more »
Report: $20B Up for Grabs in Upcoming NIH IT Competition
Both technology manufacturers and resellers will compete under a potential 10-year, $20 billion government-wide information technology contract vehicle run by a National Institutes of Health office, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Marjorie Censer writes that NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center intends to award 50 contracts under the Chief Information Officer-Commodities and Solutions programRead… Read more »
Structure in Threes: Process Value
About two decades ago I was fortunate enough to collaborate with several brilliant people in IBM working in manufacturing research. One of them Dr. Arno Schmachpfeffer had coauthored a paper in the IBM Journal of Research call Integrated Manufacturing Modeling System. One of the key aspects of the paper was a taxonomy of activities inRead… Read more »
Google’s Innovation for the Nation Virtual Summit
Known as the country’s record keeper (and my favorite place to bring D.C. visitors) the U.S. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) protects and provides public access to more than 10 billion pages of textual records, maps, photographs, videos and more than 133 terabytes of electronic records. Needless to say, that is a lot of informationRead… Read more »
Coffeeneuring #5: Peregrine and the Perils of Grad School
Cappuccino at Peregrine on Capitol Hill #perfection After last week’s episode of bad coffee in Bethesda, for this week’s coffeeneuring adventure, I was determined to get a good cappuccino. I knew exactly where to bike to: Peregrine Espresso on Capitol Hill. And not only was it delicious, it was artistically perfect, as you can seeRead… Read more »