The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 1st of August, 2012 Congress has averted a government shutdown for now. Politico reports House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid agreed on a six-month continuing resolution to begin October 1st. Congress is about to recess, so the bill won’t be votedRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 31st of July, 2012 Congressional leaders are nearing a deal to avoid an October government shutdown. The Washington Post reports that House and Senate leaders are nearing a temporary spending deal that would keep the federal government running for the first half of the nextRead… Read more »
It’s summer and that means that many of you will be taking a much needed vacation. But with smartphones and laptops on hand the temptation to work is strong. So how do you disconnect? Tom Fox is the Vice President for Leadership and Innovation at the Partnership for Public Service. He told Chris Dorobek onRead… Read more »
On today’s program Are you a rebel in your workplace? Can you be? And what does that mean? We’ll hear from a former senior executive at the CIA — who professes being a rebel in the workplace. We’ll hear what that means… and how you can be a rebel. Click here for the full story.Read… Read more »
”Corporate Rebel: How to be an Intrapraneur within Government” Carmen Medina, Former CIA Director of Intelligence, author of series “Corporate Next Generation of Government Carmen Medina “The good thing abour beauracracy is they make so many rules, they forget them.” Carmen highlighted the history behind Intellipedia, and her current work at Deloitte. Carmen also createdRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 30th of July, 2012 Congress is one step closer to reaching a funding deal that would avert government shutdown on September 30th. Politico reports that this six-month funding resolution would avert a messy budget fight right before elections in November. The expiration of Bush-era tax-cutsRead… Read more »
The American Clean Skies foundation is out with their new plan that aims to reduce the government’s consumption of oil – and the fiscal and environmental costs that come with it – by requiring federal agencies to apply to third-‐party transportation providers the same kind of alternative fuel targets, efficiency standards and reporting practices thatRead… Read more »
”Creating Innovation in Government” Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Next generation of Government Summit Todd Park closed out the opening sessions of the Next Generation of Government Summit, reviewing his fascinating path to government. Todd Park mentioned that the most amazing experience in his career has been working for the federal government. Todd Park’sRead… Read more »
Making decisions is never easy — and some might argue that it is even more challenging today because things change SO quickly. How do you make the best decisions? That is one of the issues we’ll be talking about later this month at the Next Generation of Government Training Summit taking place July 26-27 hereRead… Read more »
Happy Thursday! We hear at the DorobekINSIDER are at the Next Generation of Government Leadership Conference. If you can’t make it in person you can still live stream the entire conference here and we will be blogging and taking lots of photos. If you can make it down, stop by and say hi to theRead… Read more »