Posts Tagged: budgeting

What if all government employees were trained on how to save energy at work and at home?

That would be 50 million plus who would understand how to lower greenhouse gas emissions! WOW! Once their families and friends know what they can specifically do in daily life practices and in their offices. So let’s ask ourselves, what if 50 million people in the US actually change their consumption behavior? What if lightsRead… Read more »

EPA cancels last furlough day – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: These days libraries aren’t just repositories for thousands of books, they have adapted with the times. We take a look at the re-imagined library with ICMA’s Ron Carlee. The SEVEN stories that impact your life: The EPA has canceled the final, mandatory furlough day for its employees, which was previously scheduledRead… Read more »

Postal Workers get a pay bump – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: We are rapidly approaching the end of the fiscal year and that means one thing for employees: performance review time. Ugh, the dreaded performance review, they are the bane of existence for employees and managers alike. But there are ways to make performance reviews less painful for everyone involved. Insights fromRead… Read more »

Performance Review 101 – How to get real results

We are rapidly approaching the end of the fiscal year and that means one thing for employees: performance review time. Ugh, the dreaded performance review, they are the bane of existence for employees and managers alike. But there are ways to make performance reviews less painful for everyone involved. Tom Fox is the Vice PresidentRead… Read more »

OMB Cuts Back Furlough Days – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Crowdsourcing is one of those words that means different things to different people. But one thing is clear, it’s the new way to innovate. We define it with author and professor Daren Brabham. The SEVEN stories that impact your life: The Office of Management and Budget is cutting its furlough daysRead… Read more »

Cyber Re-Fresh at DHS – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: GSA has approved Instagram in government. So how do you make the business case? Insights from IBM’s Gadi Ben-Yehuda. The SEVEN stories that impact your life: The Homeland Security Department named Phyllis Schneck as its new deputy under secretary of cybersecurity in the National Protection and Programs Directorate. Federal News RadioRead… Read more »

Can Any Government Official From Missouri Confirm this?

Missouri has no illegal aliens? A colleague sent this to me and I am skeptical this is true. Missouri’s approach to the problem of illegal immigration appears to be more advanced, sophisticated, strict and effective than anything to date in Arizona. So, why doesn’t Missouri receive attention? Answer: There are no illegal’s in Missouri toRead… Read more »

FAA Aims to Avoid Furloughs in 2014 – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: We’ve all been part of the dreaded group project before. So you know there is always a weaker member, someone who doesn’t pull their own weight. The same phenomenon is true for inter-agency collaboration projects. Sometimes one agency just doesn’t give as much time or resources to a project as others.Read… Read more »

Assessing Top Secret clearances – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Today the big issues facing our government do not fall neatly into one agency’s mission. In order to find real solutions we need an enterprise approach. But right now agencies don’t speak the same language so collaboration is borderline impossible. We get nine solutions from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Ron Sanders. TheRead… Read more »