I am pleased to launch a brand new series on GovLoop called “GovInsights” where we will interview and highlight the thoughts and perspectives of professors at colleges and universities who are researching and writing about government issues. For our first interview, I interviewed Dr. Marshall Ganz, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University whereRead… Read more »
Are you interested in online privacy and cybersecurity? Now, you can watch government and industry experts discuss these issues in upcoming Federal Advisory Board Meetings being held November 3-5. You can tune-in live and submit your views and concerns directly to Board Members. This is government transparency and citizen participation at it’s finest! The NationalRead… Read more »
One of the reasons I started BYO was so that I could work with clients I believe in, and help push forward values and ways of governance and civic engagement that I think will change this country and the world for the better. So far we’ve been able to realize that goal, especially in ourRead… Read more »
Take a look at the chart to the left. Over the course of the last thirty years less than 40% of registered voters have actually voted in any mid-term election. If this trend continues you may actually have a better chance of having diabetes than voting by the middle of this century. I wonder, isRead… Read more »
Alan W. Silberberg writes: So here it is. We are there. Where are we? Gov 2.0 as Social Darwinism. Eat or be eaten. Kill or be killed. Recently the U.S. Federal Government has gotten into the “platform” business. A move I called for, and therefore congratulate the GSA on. At the same time as peopleRead… Read more »
FedDidUKnow Monthly Archive October, 2010 There are many tools out there to track, capture and download tweets. However, I figured a monthly archive of @FedDidUKnow would be much more useful. Let me know what you think! #Gov can leverage #OCS to create Mass #Notification System for Physical/Public Safety w AdHoc. Ft Hood/Riley using now. http://bit.ly/aF1EegRead… Read more »
Hi all. I’m Dave Uejio, Bureaucrat Jedi and Vice President of Young Government Leaders. After some coaxing from Mr. Govloop with an Awesome Cattle Prod, I’ve pledged to once again blog on a semi regular basis here. Enjoy! The Frum Forum raises an interesting question today; is the Obama White House too unwieldy to beRead… Read more »
In my opinion, the cloud provides the most cost effective, innovative, efficient, reliable and secure method of providing specific core IT services to business and organizations. Most people out there, or at least those people in IT, already know about the cloud, and most of us have our own thoughts and perceptions about what itRead… Read more »
Alice Lipowicz of Federal Computer Week wrote an interesting article about different government contests going on – some very successful, some not so much: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/10/04/low-participation-ssa-contest-remedies.aspx?sc_lang=en I expect we’ll be seeing more of this trend, so if you’re planning to try this approach, I’d like to offer some advice on how to ensure your organization’s contestsRead… Read more »
So for those of you who missed the Government Doesn’t Suck rally before the Rally to Restore Sanity on Saturday, it was a huge hit! We had so many wonderful comments on our signs, but more importantly, on our declaration that government doesn’t suck. Government ROCKS. Seriously it does. Now, I have never worked inRead… Read more »