The following blog post is an excerpt from our recent report, Crafting a Comprehensive Digital Government Strategy. This report was draws upon a survey of 94 members of the GovLoop community who are currently adopting emerging technology at the state, local and federal level of government. This report also includes insights based on interviews withRead… Read more »
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Skip Your Resume Objective to Grab an Employer’s Attention
What is the point of a resume? It is an ad, designed to get an employer interested in you. So why do so many people start out with a statement of what they want: “where I can contribute my skills to a growing blah, blah, blah…” Most objectives are boringly similar and none really attractRead… Read more »
Big Data
New Infographic READ MORE > Latest Research Examining the Big Data Frontier View (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=225242410865478”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”); Big Data in Government Big data is changing the way government operates. WithRead… Read more »
Wanting to engage online? Put people first.
I had an interesting chat last week with someone from a fairly large NGO who wanted to start using online tools to engage people with their work. As usual, there were no easy answers. However, there is an answer, only it takes a bit of explaining and rather a lot of doing. The problem isRead… Read more »
How Citizen Engagement Can Be Improved Through Mobile GIS
As mobile adoption continues to grow in consumer markets, it is imperative that government continue to embrace mobile and learn how to best optimize mobile technology to stay relevant and improve citizen engagement programs. The Pew Internet & American Life Project has a variety of data related to mobile adoption. In December 2012, Pew reportsRead… Read more »
Can Green Tape Make An Effective Bureaucracy?
This article was originally published on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s online MPA program blog, Inside the MPA@UNC. — When people think of bureaucracy, thoughts of rules, regulations, “red tape,” or slow-moving actions may come to mind. But there can be benefits to bureaucratic approaches to management, and these benefits can resultRead… Read more »
New Sensation with Andrew Spaeth, Oregon State Master of Public Policy
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
16 Tips to Get the Most Value From Virtual Career Fairs [Expert Interview]
In late February, GovLoop hosted its first (what we hope to be “annual”) Virtual Government Career Fair. We had thousands of participants that took advantage of opportunities to drop off their resume and interact with agency representatives in virtual booths, attend educational webinars that taught attendees how to get ahead in government, and engage inRead… Read more »
Thanks In Large Part to Windows8, PC Shipments Post Seepest Decline In History, Worse Than All Estimates
By Bob Gourley All technology trackers have known the PC era is over. Of course old fashioned PCs will not disappear, but they are not the driving force they used to be. All projections have been for poor PC sales. But there was hope that with a great new operating system from Microsoft (Widows8) maybeRead… Read more »
3 Activities to Get Your Agency in Tip-Top Shape for CPIC Season
GovLoop and Integrity Management Consulting are proud to present a 12-part series called “Conscientious Contracting: A Thoughtful Approach to Acquisition and Program Management,” that aims to address common challenges and achieve new efficiencies in government procurement. Summer is just around the corner and many people are thinking about getting in shape before they hit theRead… Read more »