AFCEA Bethesda Smart Tech Symposium Interview Series: Sauleh Siddiqui, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University On October 23, AFCEA Bethesda hosted an innovative educational symposium for government and industry participants who are or want to be on the cutting edge of smart technology and sustainability. The goals of the event were toRead… Read more »
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Hollywood’s Big Bad Bureaucracy – Avatar, Dark Knight, Jaws, Ghostbusters — Plus Your Weekend Reads
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue 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.Read… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: October 26, 2012
Gadi Ben-Yehuda BYOD and Telework. There is overlap between BYOD and telework, as both rely on technology–both hardware and software–to afford people flexbility of space. Both also ensure that work and personal time will not be as clearly delineated as in ages past. Getting policies right will be one of the key tasks both forRead… Read more »
PMF Assessment Prep Guide: Top Tips from the Official Source
***2015-2016 applicants – we have an updated 2015-2016 guide you can download for free here** As November 5 approaches (yes, there is something else happening other than the election that week), the opportunity for prospective Presidential Management Fellows (PMFs) to apply for one of government’s most prestigious programs looms large on the horizon. Knowing thatRead… Read more »
A Storify Dialog on Cyber Hurricane Katrina
By Kelsey Atherton Editor’s note: What follows is extracted from a storify post . This is a first post in this format for the CTOvision blog. Let us know what you think on any aspect of this, including format in your browser, format in your newsletters and of course content- bg. The Foreign Policy ResearchRead… Read more »
Exploring Bring Your Own Device in the Public Sector
GovLoop has just released our latest research study, Exploring Bring Your Own Device in the Public Sector. The report highlights the challenges for implementing a Bring Your Own Device initiative; best practices, and provides insights from industry and government experts related to BYOD. Specifically, the report includes: Survey from 103 members of the GovLoop communityRead… Read more »
How should governments treat mobile apps in an age of open data?
EmergencyAUS app I had a very interesting conversation the other day regarding the challenge of government mobile apps in the age of open data. The example used was the EmergencyAUS app, which has been developed by Gridstone Pty Ltd. As an app created by a commercial entity, EmergencyAUS aggregates emergency information released by a varietyRead… Read more »
How to Be Happy at Work and Get Promoted: 5 Simple Steps
The central conceit that drives me these days is that I want everyone who works in the Federal Government to be happy with their jobs. If they’re not, I want to change that. That’s one reason I enjoy working with interns and internship programs, because I get to work towards just that. In his bookRead… Read more »
Motivating Federal Employees: Is Pay the Most Important Factor?
Pay is one important factor that individuals consider when searching for employment or assessing their satisfaction with their current job. However, research conducted by the Partnership for Public Service for their annual Best Places to Work rankings indicates that pay is not THE most important factor. Tom Fox, Vice President for Leadership and Innovation atRead… Read more »
The Debates Are Over — So What Matters to You? Plus the 7 DorobekINSIDER Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Depending on which stats you look at and depending on which group you talk to, federal employees are either WAY underpaid or WAY overpaid. How can those divergent numbers exits? We drill down the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics’ numbers with the Washington Post’s Eric Yoder. Click here for the fullRead… Read more »