The U.S. Department of Labor Statistics reports the number of “open” jobs — positions that employers advertise but have not found “qualified” applicants for — has doubled from 1,900,000 jobs in June 2009 to 3,900,000 vacant positions in June 2013. Most of those positions fall in the IT category. “Government and Industry need to workRead… Read more »
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Good Read: Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up
Originally posted on #GovLife. Vicki and I were fortunate enough to see Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson give a talk about this article in September at the 99u pop-up school. From my experience, failure (or mistakes) is talked about a lot as an idea, but I don’t see many people actually talking about their failures. ThisRead… Read more »
New Insights on Healthcare.gov – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Picking the right mentor for you is a little like scrolling through potential matches on a dating site. You look at their background, interest and thoughts on the future, then take a chance and hope for a good match. But there are ways to make the mentor-matching process a bit easier.Read… Read more »
Esri Is Platinum Sponsor of 2014 IJIS Institute National Symposium
IJIS Institute event will focus on Information sharing and safeguarding national standards Ashburn, VA (November 6, 2013). The IJIS Institute—a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission‐critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security—is pleased to announce that geographic information systems (GIS) industry leader Esri will be the Platinum Sponsor of the Institute’s signatureRead… Read more »
Hot off the presses: The latest issue of the Journal of Public Deliberation (JPD)
JPD issue 9:2 is now available at www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/. The issue is our largest to date, with 18 manuscripts that include: Articles on topics such as: stakeholder and citizen roles in deliberation; participation in the New York Public Schools; a new study agenda for deliberative research; the effects of non-neutral moderators; and “communities of fate” andRead… Read more »
An Exodus from TechAmerica – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The problems associated with Healthcare.gov may be a reflection of a much bigger issue in government today, that of handling large procurements. So what can we learn from the site’s challenges to improve procurement policies in the future? Raj Sharma from the Public Spend Forum shares his insights. But up front:Read… Read more »
Structure in Threes: Positioning and Lessons not Learned
Had great discussion last night at Starbucks on Mercer Island with some former Microsoft Alumni. One is at a Microsoft competitor now working at developing a competitive service to our mutual former employer’s. The change in strategy at Microsoft has yielded a large shift in the Architecture domain enabling competitors to move in and eventuallyRead… Read more »
6 Ways to Keep Your Data Secure
Government agencies are collecting more data than ever before. With the increasing amount of data that agencies store, manage and collect, agencies must create robust strategies to protect data from being compromised. Recently, I spoke with John Barrett, Senior Manager Systems Engineering for Public Sector, Symantec on how agencies can minimize insider threats and keepRead… Read more »
Are You Managing Your Money Or Is It Managing You?
“The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.” – Alan Greenspan Can you imagine not being able to read the words on this page? Sadly that is how many of us are when it comes to money management, it’s something we don’t fully comprehend. Most of us didRead… Read more »
Group Decision Tip: Discipline
In principle, discipline is remembering what I want. Step one of course is to figure out what I want. That’s hard all by itself. Yet without a clear definition of the goal, discipline is impossible. Chasing fleeting aspirations willy-nilly often results in a random undisciplined path that amounts to little progress. Step two is toRead… Read more »