Earlier this year I shared my thoughts about online social learning communities in response to a Forbes post by Meghan Biro. This post supplements those ideas by reflecting on a 2012 series written by Shel Holtz about social media training: Part 1: Introducing a series on social media training Part 2: Getting buy-in for socialRead… Read more »
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How to land a top paying federal job
“Is the Government Still Hiring?” Most job seekers are worried that, with budget cuts and sequestration, the federal government isn’t even hiring. But that isn’t true. Lily Whiteman is the author of the book, “How to Land a Top Paying Federal Job.” She told Chris Dorobek that, “the federal government is the country’s largest employerRead… Read more »
The Sequestration and You: How Are Cuts Affecting the Government-Citizen Relationship?
The sequester continues to affect a myriad of agencies, many of which have already been suffering from being under-funded and under-staffed. One such agency has been the National Archives. Last week, the National Archives announced significant cuts to its hours of operation. Archives I in Washington D.C. will end exhibit hours at 5:30pm instead ofRead… Read more »
03.25.13: Your Morning Buzz
‘Real World: New York’ Vs. ‘Portland’: ‘A Lot’ Has Changed Since 1992 The High Five The Mayor’s Geek Squad – It was a case for a digital Sherlock Holmes. Last fall, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection wanted, finally, to crack down on restaurants that were illegally dumping cooking oil into sewers in their neighborhoodsRead… Read more »
Latest findings from a survey of 220 public service professionals
Winter 2013 PSRPanel Quarterly Questionnaire, conducted by 220 public service professionals, in January, covered a range of topics related to public service and current affairs. Continuing brighter outlook on the direction of the country: Increasingly, panelists see the country overall as heading in the right direction (59%), continuing an upward trend seen over our lastRead… Read more »
Help Shape The Future Of Enterprise IT In The Federal Sector By Engaging With the CTO Community
By Bob Gourley CTOvision provides information and assessments you can use including assessments on the future of IT. And we build these assessments in collaboration with a broad community of enterprise technology with CIO, CTO, CISO, CDO backgrounds. We love engaging with technologists like you and would appreciate your continued engagement. Below are some ofRead… Read more »
Did Oracle Just Throw Their Salesforce Under The Bus?
By Bob Gourley If you are a technologist I hope you love the great technology portfolio assembled by Oracle. It is really something to be admired. And the well engineered optimized configurations of hardware and software like the Oracle Big Data Appliance are so awesome I think most enterprises should get one. But there areRead… Read more »
Big Data revolution, changing the way we live, work and think – Plus Your Weekend Reads
Welcome to GovLoop InsightsIssue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. And,Read… Read more »
Does Gen Y Complete Work Faster Than Everyone Else?
A few weeks ago, my colleague Emily Jarvis summarized an interview with Tom Fox from the Partnership for Public Service under the title, “For Young Feds, Is the Pace of Government Change Too Slow?” It sparked a pretty spirit discussion and it got me thinking about a different question: Does Gen Y, in general, completeRead… Read more »
Nonprofits: 4 Reasons to Crowdsource
In spite of many economic uncertainties, the nonprofit sector continues to be a growing industry. In America alone, nonprofits contributed goods and services equal to $779 billion in business (accounting for 5.4 percent of the GDP). They also accounted for 10 percent of the jobs in American in 2009. In spite of all that, however,Read… Read more »