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 »
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Big Money for Big Data
Big Data is the data too large, complex, and fast-moving for conventional information infrastructure to handle. There’s been a lot of buzz about investment in cutting edge Big Data solutions and start ups, and for good reason. Venture capital for Big Data is sizable and growing. In 2010, Big Data start ups already received $1.53Read… Read more »
Times are changing for Chief Human Capital Officers and a 6 part guide to turning around under-performing teams
On today’s program Times are changing — and that is true for chief human capital officers. What are the challenges ahead? Click here for the full recap. And everybody has been there — where you feel like nothing is going right. How can you take your organization from so-so to WOW!? We’ll talk to theRead… Read more »
How to go from a chump to a champ in your organization — Team Turnaround
“Do more with less,” you hear that phrase all the time. But how do you actually do it? Turning around a struggling team has never been harder and managers must work to identify and maximize whatever potential strengths a team already has. As sports fans already know, behind every great underdog story is a leaderRead… Read more »
Bracing for change — Chief Human Capital Officers
Chief human capital officers (CHCOs) have a very difficult job — a job that is only getting harder. Budgets are declining. Workloads are increasing. An aging workforce. Increased turnover and outdated or inadequate human resources (HR) systems and policies are adding additional hurdles, making their jobs more challenging than they have been in decades. TheseRead… Read more »
Video: An Introduction to Recorded Future
Recorded Future is an online tool that scans roughly 150,000 sources on the web, indexes them by event, source, and, most importantly, period of time past, present, or future they are referencing, and provides analysis and visualization for analysts to harness the predictive power of the web. In past posts, we’ve discussed how it’s beingRead… Read more »
GSA says no raise in per diem travel rates – 7 DorobekINSIDER stories you need to know
SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 15th of August, 2012 The General Services Administration has frozen per diem travel rates. For fiscal year 2014, the standard rate will stand at $77 a day for lodging and $46 a day for meals and incidental expenses. Federal Times says the higher rates will stillRead… Read more »
Becoming a successful corporate rebel and the match.com for former feds – Ex-Federal
On today’s program How do you change an organization? Some might say you need to be a rebel. We’ll talk to a former CIA official about how you are a successful rebel. Click here for the full recap. Ex-Federal — It’s like the match dot com site for former feds who are looking to goRead… Read more »
Is it good to be a government heretic?
First let’s start out with a definition — what is a heretic? “From my point of view, a heretic is someone that has a point of view about an organization and the work that is being done. But after they have expressed that idea, they’ve had it rejected. But they don’t give up. They findRead… Read more »
Need a contracting job? Check out Ex-Federal
If you haven’t already you should check out our new job site: Jobs.GovLoop.com.It’s an amazing resource. We’ve built it on top of USAJOBS data, mashed it up with LinkedIn, GlassDoor and GovLoop information, and basically tried to provide a new approach to searching for federal jobs (just like Kayak and Hipmunk provide new ways toRead… Read more »