An innovative fund for innovation; NASA’s opengov 2.0 plan; and the Sunshine Awards by GovLoop Insights On today’s program for Thursday April 12, 2012: The challenge is to be innovative. What about an innovation fund? They’re actually trying this out in Michigan. We’ll talk to the person behind it about how it works… their goals…Read… Read more »
7 Lessons from the GSA Scandal, Finding the Right Career and Vets Rebuilding Communities by GovLoop Insights On the program today for Wednesday April 11th, 2012 Why that GSA conference matters to all of government. You’ll get seven lessons learned with Tom Fox from the Partnership for Public Service. Finding out WHAT you want toRead… Read more »
The U.S. military is increasingly being called on to build communities — in Iran and Afghanistan. Veterans are now doing that here at home — The 6th Branch— a group formed by a group of veterans and they are using their skills they learned in the military to rebuild inner-city neighborhoods. The 6th Branch isRead… Read more »
The GSA conference scandal is bad for GSA and bad for government in general. Lavish spending in a time of extreme budget cuts doesn’t help anyone. But there are some lessons to be learned. Tom Fox is the Vice President for Leadership and Innovation at PPS. He’s compiled his list of the seven things allRead… Read more »
Leading a team is a difficult sometimes harrowing task. So you can only imagine how difficult managing a country can be. That’s the subject of Michael Eric Siegel’s new book, “The President as Leader.” The book highlights the leadership style of five different presidencies to find what works and what doesn’t. Michael told Chris DorobekRead… Read more »
While working in a job, it can seem like there is no clear path to the next one. As part of finding happiness and balance in our work lives, it is important to understand not only the job you are in, but also the one you want to have and the skills it takes toRead… Read more »
We are hearing a LOT of concern out there about the STOCK Act— the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. This is the bill –– now law — designed to deal with lawmakers using an insider scoop from making money off of that information. Essentially, it makes insider trading by lawmakers illegal, which is aRead… Read more »
Library use is blooming in the US – but not necessarily because of books. As a tough economy makes jobs scarce and amenities like Internet too pricey for some, the resources libraries offer becomes a blessing. DorobekINSIDER’s Chris Dorobek spoke with Larry Eichel, Project Director of the Philadelphia Research Initiative at The Pew Charitable TrustsRead… Read more »
STOCK Act ruffles the SES, The Secret Sauce to Presidential Leadership, the Public Libraries Plight by GovLoop Insights We have a good program for you today Tuesday April 10, 2012. The STOCK Act…this is the law signed by President Obama last week. Did you know it has some real implications for federal senior executives? We’llRead… Read more »
Using social media to track down bad guys. We told you about the TAG Challenge a few weeks ago. It was made possible by a State Department grant. The challenge essentially took the concept of tag that we all played as kids. The premise is simple: Teams worked to track down five jewel thieves fromRead… Read more »