From The Acquisition Corner With the end of the fiscal year comes the right of passage for government contracting personnel and contractors alike; the end-of year budget dump or as I like to call it, the end of fiscal year feeding frenzy. This time of year is characterized by the worst practices in federal contracting:Read… Read more »
Alright so first off let me outline the premise of this new blog series. I work for GovLoop but I am not and never have been a govie, rather my background is in journalism so I am have way decent at asking questions and that’s where you come in. Alright let’s rock. No one wantsRead… Read more »
In 2005, William Eggers released a book titled “Government 2.0.” Its cover shows two parallel cables sending information between them wirelessly. Yes, parallel cables, and only 5 short years ago. Since then, parallel ports have gone the way of Google Wave (I know, another Wave reference – I’m pretty disappointed) and Government 2.0 has beenRead… Read more »
On August 12, the Office of Management Budget updated the Open Government Dashboard, a transparency assessment tool applied to 29 federal agencies. According to the scorecard, agencies are doing a relatively good job with transparency; which is strange considering reports that public satisfaction with the transparency of online government information is down. Across all agenciesRead… Read more »
In the Open Government world, we spend a lot of time focusing on phone apps, e-mail marketing, data sharing, social networking, blogging, etc. All of these are great tangible examples of openness, but really, they are just tools. At the heart of an Open Government there are three guiding principles: transparency, participation, and collaboration. AnRead… Read more »
Oh, it gets weirder … IPAC (via Mike Kujawski): Social Media and Public Sector Policy Dilemmas Jena McGregor: The lessons government must learn from the corporate workplace William Gibson: Google’s Earth Adrianne Jeffries: The Rise of the Anti-Facebooks Steve Ressler: FourSquare and Seven Months from Now – Would Lincoln Be on LinkedIn? John Moore: TheRead… Read more »
Dear Diary: What do I really want from my job? I want to be proud of what I do;I want to know that my work has purpose and meaning;I want to be recognized for the good work I do;I want to be productive and contribute to my organization;I want to earn my paycheck. Simply put,Read… Read more »
I always think it’s cool when the stuff I care about (public service, good government) is in weird mainstream places. Think walking through airport and I see a Radon EPA ad, or in a bathroom stall and it’s government advertising. If you see something, take a photo and post it on GovLoop (Under resources/photos). We’llRead… Read more »
Robbie Kunreuther posed the question (I’m paraphrasing) “Why do people who benefit from the government as employees and retirees tend to bash it so much?” He has some interesting insights and answers in this provocative article that first appeared in Fed Smith. http://www.fedsmith.com/article/2539/loyalty-contempt-shadow-uncle-sam.html
The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves TIME.com By Adam Cohen Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not haveRead… Read more »