What’s it like transitioning from working for a county to working for a city? How about returning to a five-day work week after working a four-day work week? These are the questions we had for Karen Pearson who recently dealt with these transitions. We also asked her for a few tips for on the jobRead… Read more »
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Social Sentiment Takes Center Stage at the May 8, 2013 Sentiment Analysis Symposium in New York
You read it here second (because the press release is already out) – We’ve announced the program for the May 8, 2013 Sentiment Analysis Symposium in New York — a program that “will feature industry-leading speakers and panelists from Bloomberg, IBM, PayPal, Vision Critical, and Westat, start-ups, and academia, covering social media and social intelligence”Read… Read more »
Does Management By Numbers Work?
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is often attributed to business guru Peter Drucker. But Oxford professor Christopher Hood raises a provocative question: Does “management by numbers” actually lead to improved performance? Dr. Hood, who is a well-respected public management professor, poses this question in a recent article in the Public Administration Review andRead… Read more »
Free Webinar: Think Big Start Small, Scale Fast
Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast was the US Northern Command’s maxim for organizational value and has become a core principle in General Meyerrose’s approach to problem solving and organizational transformation. This course allows you to draw on practical experience but also has roots in current research into organizational innovation. General Meyerrose will be offeringRead… Read more »
American TimeHop: How the National Archives Could Make Uncovering Old Information Easier and Personalized
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Want to understand how a government decision that seemed insignificant 15 years ago has a big effect on your life today? There’s an app for that. Well, actually, I lied — There isn’t. But there could be. USA Today recently announced an intriguing new collaboration with TimeHop, an app whoseRead… Read more »
Odierno: budget is greatest threat to national security, Data.gov gets new Alpha site and more
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. DOD, VA improve eBenefits portal – The eBenefits self-service portal has been updated. This portal allows service members and vets unparalleled access to information and services. It allows users to get into compensation services, even populated the information from their VA records.Read… Read more »
Sequestration Doomed for March? Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: RFP-EZ is one of the Presidential Innovation Fellows projects. It just wrapped up. So how did it go? Was it a success? How was it received? We talk to Clay Johnson. Click here for the full recap. But up front: Sequestration, yes, I know, we are all sick of it, but…Read… Read more »
A Tale of Two Makers
Ed is the flat out best manager I know. He’s low key and fast fixing. Last week he called for a lunch where he told me he has to start something new. What was I recommending? I went over the half dozen businesses he’s been successful in, and he had compelling reasons why each wasn’tRead… Read more »
Government Innovation Success? RFP-EZ Launches – hear from Clay Johnson
“Risk is giving yourself permission to fail and an opportunity to succeed,” said Clay Johnson. Johnson is one of the Presidential Innovation Fellows tasked with helping streamline and modernize the federal procurement system. The first of its kind program, brought in innovators from the private sector for six-month fellowships to help government solve problems. Johnson’sRead… Read more »
By 2015, more than 30 percent of analytics projects will deliver insights based on structured and unstructured data.
By BobGourley Gartner projects that by 2015, more than 30 percent of analytics projects will deliver insights based on structured and unstructured data. Sounds rational/logical/realistic to me. Sounds like the entire reason everyone in the federal space has been moving towards open source Apache Hadoop/CDH based solutions (including new interest in Impala) as a keyRead… Read more »