“Stabby” by Amy McTigue Apologies in advance to those working in departments or agencies based on cost recovery models or whose work itself is to manage internal cost recovery processes within the public sector; what follows isn’t a discussion about you, your worth or your dedication to public service in so much as a discussionRead… Read more »
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GIS in Action
In the era of doing more with less, GIS technology has emerged as a way to reduce costs, improve decision-making, and increase communication between teammates, and the public. To showcase some of the great ways agencies are using GIS, Esri and GovLoop put together a series of videos that you can view below. In theseRead… Read more »
Top 5 Enterprise Security Strategy Requirements, Lenovo is top PC OEM and more
By RyanKamauff Here is today’s top tech news and stories. Cleversafe awarded patent for “dispersed storage network virtual address fields” – The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A dispersed storage network includes a dispersed storage device to store data. The dispersed storage device includes a processing moduleRead… Read more »
OhMyGov(ies) And The Hatch Act – To Live Tweet, Or Not To Live Tweet
The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is the official guidance for civil servants of the executive branch on engaging in partisan political activity. More than seventy years after it was enacted, the blurred lines between professional and private lives, compounded by the development of social media, complicates theRead… Read more »
General Dynamics Releases NSA-Certified COTS computers, can NSA deliver on cost savings and more
By RyanKamauff The NSA needs to find cheaper ways to activate intelligence, and sharing seems to be one of them General Dynamics has introduced the TACLANE MultiBook laptop – which is certified by the NSA to secure network communications on Secret and below levels. This laptop can operate simultaneously on classified and unclassified networks, andRead… Read more »
‘But I haven’t got time’ and other assorted whinings
I’m getting really bored of hearing the ‘but we haven’t got time to do digital’ refrain. So I thought I’d tell a little story of something which happened to me on Sunday which demonstrates the economic impact of not doing digital to a company I assume most of you will have heard of: See tickets.Read… Read more »
Technology in Development that Could Bump Canada to World’s No. 1 Oil Reserve
If you’re in to oil investing, here’s a story you’re going to want to hear. It would seem as though Canada may have the world’s richest oil deposits. And, if the proper technology can be developed to unlock these crude commodities, Canada could very well position herself as the number one oil reserve in theRead… Read more »
What the Jobs Report Means for Feds – DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Say goodbye to government press releases. We take a look at the government communication revolution with GovDelivery’s CEO Scott Burns. What do you think of when you hear “telework”? You might be thinking pajamas, your favorite seat on your sofa, time near your cat, and homemade lunches, but as Christina MorrisonRead… Read more »
Urban Myths Regarding Small Business
This week’s blog post continues the series on “Urban Myths” associated with the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. There is some belief that the best way to help small business on the GSA schedules is to apply small business set-aside rules to the program. Historically, that has not been the case.Read… Read more »
Next Four Years: Managing a Balancing Act
How can leaders of Federal programs improve outcomes by capitalizing on approaches and tools developed in the “chiefs” communities (Chief Financial, Information, Acquisition, and Human Capital Officers)? Background Twenty years ago, federal agencies typically did not have senior executives leading key mission support functions such as finance, technology, acquisition, or workforce. Over those two decades,Read… Read more »