The drumbeat of low morale, budget cuts and pay freezes portray a dark vision of federal workers and the federal space itself. But in reality there is excellence brewing at every agency. The Partnership for Public Service highlights some of those great stories in their annual Service to America Medals. The 31 finalists in sevenRead… Read more »
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Convenience vs control
Everything in life is becoming a balance of convenience versus control. Only, it’s not so much of a balance as a mass grab for convenience. Sometimes this doesn’t matter, sometimes it does. Take food for instance. We love the convenience of ready-made meals! Those microwaveable lasagnes make cooking so easy – you don’t need toRead… Read more »
Google lets iOS apps direct users to Chrome instead of Safari, Apple is ‘Bleeding Marketshare’ and more
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Google lets iOS apps direct users to Chrome instead of Safari – iOS is notoriously locked down. Unlike Android, users cannot choose the default app for certain actions (writing mail, web browsing or mapping). Google has set their own apps toRead… Read more »
Breaking Down the TSP in April – Plus Potential Changes to Automatic Enrollment
April was another good month for the Thrift Savings Plan. How good? Kim Weaver is the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. She told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that every single fund was up in April. April’s Numbers: How Does the L-Fund Work? The L-Fund is made upRead… Read more »
A guide to Rooting your Android phone
By Ryan Kamauff One of the constant discussions between Android users is why/if you should “root.” Rooting is a term that describes the ability to grant programs “superuser” access. This allows programs to operate at the root level of the operating system, enabling full phone backups, changing certain parameters (CPU/GPU speeds) and changing the entireRead… Read more »
Michigan’s CIO and CTO give frank insights on the state of gov. IT – Part 1
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder believes technology can transform government. It’s state CIO David Behen’s job to turn the governor’s vision into reality. Behen was recently named one of Government Technology’s Top 25 in Government. Behen is aided in his quest with CTO Rob Davenport. Both men sat down with Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINISIDER forRead… Read more »
Visualizing the Future of Government
I believe that the future of government is one of increased transparency and collaborative problem-solving. What gets us there is creating a culture of participation, in which citizens across industries contribute their expertise to help solve our shared difficult problems. In November I got to participate in furthering open government at Code for America’s “DataRead… Read more »
What’s Your Office Doing For Public Service Recognition Week? Anything?
Sunday marks the official start to the Congressionally recognized Public Service Recognition Week. The annual celebration of federal employees and the work they do. This year feds face an austere budget climate, low employee morale and dissatisfied constituents. So PSRW is a nice break, to take a step back and say thank you. Tom FoxRead… Read more »
Tech Trends To Watch In May 2013
By Bob Gourley The following is the meat from our monthly tech trends report. You can have this delivered to your email each month by visiting our newsletter signup page. Over the last several months we continued to see foundations being established for dramatic positive change in the federal IT ecosystem including the government contractingRead… Read more »
The View From the Top – How SES’ers View Gov
A few weeks ago we talked with Deloitte’s Dan Helfrich about how feds view their leaders. To be frank, it isn’t positive. Check out the recap here. So how do senior execs feel? Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service are back with another survey to answer that question. Helfrich is a Principal at DeloitteRead… Read more »