The Center for Public Integrity’s state corruption index has hit the news again this past week, giving most states terrible grades on transparency and accountability and suggesting that our states governments are corrupt. The study, completed in 2011, was put together by journalists in state capitals choosing 330 questions and was peer reviewed by manyRead… Read more »
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DorobekINSIDER Live: Wearable Technology — Let Fashion Rule
A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER was held Wednesday. We’re LIVE! We host these events once each month this year. The idea is simple: get smart people together and share ideas — because we believe that the real power of information comes when it is shared. Listen to the Archive David Fletcher, Utah’s CTO, helpedRead… Read more »
Innovation Is a Team Sport
What is the secret sauce for creating an innovation culture in your agency? Successful inventions often spring from the minds of individual inventors – we often think of Thomas Edison at the classic inventor. But successful innovation is a team sport, according to a new Harvard Business Review article by a team of researchers –Read… Read more »
4 Types of Interview Questions You Should be Asking Potential Employers
You’ve shined your shoes, double-checked the directions, and practiced responding to all the standard interview questions – you’re ready to go. As you walk in that door, remember that an interview should be just as much about whether a job is a good fit for you as whether you’re a good fit for a job.Read… Read more »
What to Wear: How Wearables Could Shape Government – DorobekINSIDER Live
A special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER was held Wednesday. We’re LIVE! We host these events once each month this year. The idea is simple: get smart people together and share ideas — because we believe that the real power of information comes when it is shared. LISTEN TO THE ARCHIVE The wearable tech craze hasRead… Read more »
Bench-Marking in Local Government IT is Vital. Here’s Why
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) The budget season of 2010 for local government was particularly brutal. Many localities were taking deep cuts and scaling back. DepartmentsRead… Read more »
Cloud Moves for IBM Target Civilian Government, Defense – Plus the 7 Gov Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The 2013 shooting at the Navy Yard. The 2010 attack on the IRS building in Texas. The September 11th attacks. All of these disasters took place on federal property. Work should be safe. It’s that simple. But federal buildings are often the target of attacks. So how can government do aRead… Read more »
Leading Across Boundaries in an Era of Complex Challenges
Governments today face serious, seemingly intractable public management issues that go to the core of effective governance and leadership. Government leaders are presented with difficult choices, but also unprecedented opportunities. The right kind of leadership approach and style can drive change in government. From budget reductions to a struggling economy, disasters to pandemics, the seeminglyRead… Read more »
Want Gov Innovation? Lift Off with NASA
If you want to know about major innovation in the public sector then look to NASA. The space agency is a crown jewel of government innovation and a global role model for groundbreaking scientific research and discovery. NASA serves as a reminder to America of what’s possible when Uncle Sam harnesses his full potential, asRead… Read more »
Be Young and Public: Public Sector Opportunities for Recent Graduates
The Obama Administration has done wonders in terms of young, fresh talent entering the public sector. The Pathways Program Initiative was initiated in 2012 to improve the federal sector by hiring more recent graduates, streamlining the federal hiring process and hiring veterans. Essentially, the program has three main facets: hiring process, internship program and theRead… Read more »