A successful bid can be clarified as a well thought out realistic response to the agencies needs. Being able to produce a successful bid is not an easy task, FAR clauses, specifications, and requirements can drain anybody’s energy. Here are 8 steps that can produce a successful bid: Market Research– Before you attempt to respondRead… Read more »
From the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation: “Offered by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Innovations Award is heralded as the nation’s premier award for the public sector. It recognizes programs that demonstrate creative and effective government at its best. This year, the Center’sRead… Read more »
From the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation: “Offered by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Innovations Award is heralded as the nation’s premier award for the public sector. It recognizes programs that demonstrate creative and effective government at its best. This year, the Center’sRead… Read more »
National defense is always a highly touted issue during Presidential campaigns. And rightfully so, as what could be more important than our national defense? This primary season, presidential hopefuls are going after Obama just as much as they are their Republican rivals. But what happens when the are spreading potentially dangerous disinformation? Recently, presidential hopefulsRead… Read more »
The Leadership Game is a new, recurrent feature about leadership lessons from the world of sports. On Sunday, the world champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the rival San Antonio Spurs in overtime on a last second basket by Jason Terry. It wasn’t the first time Terry had won a game with his crunch time heroics, andRead… Read more »
In 2009 the Washington Times reported that an investigation conducted by researchers at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity had found 440 nonexistent districts listed on Recovery.gov. Combined, the districts were marked as receiving $6.4 billion and creating almost 30,000 jobs. The article provides specific examples, such as the following: “Recovery.gov shows 12Read… Read more »
The demographic of government is rapidly changing, as the Baby Boomer’s near retirement federal agencies need to continue to execute their strategies around human capital. One key area of human capital is recruiting and cultivating talent, which is a critical part of retaining the most innovative and talented employees within the federal government. Talent managementRead… Read more »
Just after midnight last night, here on the East Coast, a new part of Data.gov went live. http://www.data.gov/business Politico’s @MorningTech reported this morning that around 200 new datasets were released to the public. At present, I’m seeing 120 datasets, most of which relate to the agricultural industry, census data or import/exports:http://www.data.gov/communities/node/244/data_tools?itemcount=100&tid=&keys=&field_categorization_value= US CIO +Steven VanRoekelRead… Read more »
January 31, 2012 10:00 AM Eastern Time Kyocera DuraPlus, Exclusively from Sprint, Offers Industry-Leading Push-to-Talk Capabilities in Extreme Conditions on Sprint Direct Connect. Kyocera DuraPlus: a Sprint phone so masculine it’ll kick your face in for misdialing Read more: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57368916-85/kyocera-duraplus-to-bolster-sprints-rugged-phone-lineup/#ixzz1l8sVUL1v Kyocera DuraPlus boasts military-grade durability and an embedded LED flashlight in a rugged candy-bar formRead… Read more »
Readers of my blog will be familiar Kuali – the coalition of universities that co-create a suite software core to their operations – as I’ve blogged about several times and argued that it is a powerful model for local governments interested in rethinking how they procure (or really, co-create) their software. For some time nowRead… Read more »