Tim O’Reilly brought two folks to the Gov 2.0 Summit stage this morning: Randi Levin, CTO for the city of Los Angeles, CA and Dave Girouard of Google. L.A. is halfway through a migration for their city-wide email system, moving from Novell Groupwise to Google Apps and Randi estimates an eventual savings of $5M overRead… Read more »
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“State of Change: Fostering practical innovation in Rhode Island state government” – by Emily Dietsch
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks ************************* State government has long held a reputation of constancy, at best, and stagnation, at worst. Non-political offices, agencies and programs exist in seeming perpetuity, not often subject to the whims of electoral preference or trends in government andRead… Read more »
AFGE Combats Demonizing Federal Service
Pretty interesting…glad AFGE is defending federal service AFGE CHALLENGES ATTACKS AGAINST FEDERAL WORKFORCE, PROMOTES PUBLIC SERVICES Nation’s Largest Federal Employee Union Launches Good Government Advertising Campaign (WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 600,000 workers in 75 different federal and DC government agencies, today, launched a nationwide radio ad campaign reminding listenersRead… Read more »
Keys to Strengthening Buy-in, Trust and Team Coordination in a Generationally-Culturally Diverse (Military) Workforce — Part II
Part I of this two-part series has delineated five of the “Top Ten Tools and Strategies for Strengthening Buy-in, Trust and Team Coordination among a Generationally-Culturally Diverse (Military) Workforce,” including building communication bridges and fostering a team/systems concept that has application for both military and non-military work settings. The first five “Tools and Strategies” are:1.Read… Read more »
Counties’ Fear of Social Media…But Need Not Be
In a word…fear. That about sums up most local government leaders and their thoughts about the use of social media. As the government with the closest proximity to the public it serves, a lot of my peers worry about opening up another dialogue venue. Many aren’t familiar with social media sites and can’t envision whatRead… Read more »
Senator: GOP’s attacks on federal workers ‘baseless’
The ongoing Republican attacks on federal workers and their pay and benefits are demoralizing, baseless and based on flawed data, according to a Democratic lawmaker. Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) — who devotes a few minutes on the Senate floor each week to a different rank and file government worker — last week targeted a proposalRead… Read more »
On Career, Fatherhood & Parental Leave
When my wife became pregnant with our third child, I’d just ‘officially’ graduated with my Master’s degree and was working on casual contract for the Government of Canada. A few months later, I became a permanent (‘indeterminate’) employee, and among the benefits I was eligible to receive was Parental Leave Without Pay. Admittedly, this soundedRead… Read more »
Organization Re-Alignment: Is Your Organization Remaining Competitive?
Interview by Tony Deblauwe Workbabble.com Organization Re-Alignment: A Chat with Scott Span of Tolero Solutions Organizational Development & Change Consulting An increasing amount of attention is being placed on how organizations perform business and deliver results. Though there are still plenty of uncertainties, as organizations transition from pure survival mode to competitive growth, many haveRead… Read more »
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS HONORS AFGE MEMBERS WHO STOPPED TERRORIST ON FT. HOOD MILITARY BASE
(WASHINGTON) – Today, AFGE congratulates Sgts. Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd, who received the Top Cop Award by the National Association of Police Organizations. Sgt. Todd and Sgt. Munley are civilian police officers who heroically defended the Ft. Hood military installation against a terrorist attack. Munley and Todd are members of AFGE Local 1920, whichRead… Read more »
Why Do You Serve? Video Edition
We told you earlier this week that the GovLoop team would be out Thursday on the National Mall to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week. While we were out and about mixing it up with some important (well they’re all important) public servants we decided to ask them why they chose public service and what wasRead… Read more »