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Regular readers will know that I am fascinated with the Recovery.gov National Dialogue on Information Technology Solutions — a somewhat clunky name for the conversation that the Obama administration has opened up on ways to…
Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff on the state of homeland security.
We are two days into Recovery.gov’s week-long National Dialogue on stimulus and transparency… and so far, it seems that they are getting some good information. Just a reminder for those who haven’t been following the…
I almost felt like the headline of this post should be: Did you hear what I heard? I mentioned that federal CIO Vivek Kundra spoke last week at AFCEA’s Bethesda chapter. (In fact, I’m going…
FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about how the swine flu outbreak has been affecting the federal government and federal employees. So, how are agencies like HHS and the CDC coordinating efforts when there is no…
Editor’s note: I updated with a few items discussed this morning. Find the updated links at the bottom of this post. I will be moderating a panel on Monday for Bisnow on government 2.0 —…
I’ve been hearing a lot about changes at GSA — some concrete, and some just discussed. I’ll talk about potential changes later, but… a concrete move from Acting Administrator Paul Prouty Friday. In a memo,…
Last weekend, President Obama used his weekend address to announce the chief performance officer and the Obama chief technology officer. This week, he was talking government reform. (BTW, reporters just love it when they find…
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio It isn’t always easy to innovate. So you should probably try and fail. “You need failure to have innovation because innovation requires experimentation, but how can you fail and…
New ideas are great, but how can you implement them at your agency? How can you foster the development of new ideas in the first place? William Eggers is with Deloitte and has written two…
A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House. Starting next month, he will be the Deputy…
Recently, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing called Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce. Tim McManus…
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…