An article in AZcentral.com highlights innovative efforts undertaken by local governments in Arizona:

- The city of Mesa eliminated some departments and challenged the rest to…

I recently read a report from Quest Software, Taking a New Approach to Application Compatibility in Windows 7 Migrations: New Solutions Ensure Application Compatibility During Operating System Upgrades. The report provides valuable insights for IT administrators. The report states:

With the countdown to…

Last week I was able to present at the Obtaining Value and Insight With Social Medial Analysis event hosted by IBM Analytics Solution Center. The abstract for the event was:

The internet is in a second wave of innovation. At the turn of the millennium, we saw a technology-driven, website-centric new-world-order. We are now part of a new…

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:

• Howard Schmidt, the White House cybersecurity coordinator, will be stepping down at the end of this month. More here.
• Bruce McConnell, cyber-security…

The struggle to foster transparency and engagement between citizens and their representatives knows no international boundaries. Co-Founder and Outreach Director of the newly launched
 CitizenBridge, Richard Pietro, sat…

A few weeks ago, Code for America unveiled one of our latest program offerings: Engagement Commons.



Now, we’re hoping that the talented, dedicated members of the GovLoop community can help us take this project to the next level.



What is Engagement Commons?



With civic engagement becoming an increasingly critical component of successful governance in the 21st century, governments around…

Now that House Speaker John Boehner has come out with another rallying cry concerning the federal deficit, we thought you might want to see a unique description of the deficit and the federal budget from Carolyn Federoff, lawyer, economist, and AFGE member.

You can watch the video at the link below or at AFGE’s YouTube channel-  www.youtube.com/afgeonline.

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http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/iamergel/files/Mergel_2012_A%20Managers%20Guide%20for%20Using%20Twitter%20in%20Government.pdf

Crime on the Internet is trending up, which is no surprise with the explosive growth of the Internet. Cyber-crime complaints were up 3.4 percent in 2011 from 2010 according to the latest latest Report on Internet Crime by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 is a partnership between the FBI, White Collar Crime Center, and Bureau of Justice, which…

This far into spring many Seattleites are more than ready for the first glimpses of that odd, warmish bright thing in the sky. When I lived back east we called it “the sun”. But sometimes, like this last Tuesday, we have to pretend and somehow manufacture our own sunshine.


Which is how…

The other week the Canadian Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent accused Canadian Charities of "laundering money" because they accept some funds from outside the country. This is all been part of a larger effort - championed by Ethical Oil - to discredit Canada's environmental organizations.

As an open government and transparency in politics advocate I find the whole…

Here's a bit of "inside Washington" trivia to pass around the office today - do members of congress have security clearances?

The topic of security clearance for elected officials has long been a complex one. Members of congress – even those in sensitive committee positions – do not receive or obtain security clearances in the same way that a member of the public would go about obtaining a security clearance based on job or military…

Yesterday I attended a discussion put on by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The event, “Lessons from our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops,” featured a panel that included:

• Steven Chabinsky, Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI;
• Shawn Henry, former Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, FBI;
• Christopher Painter,…

On Tuesday (May 15th), NCDD hosted a call open to dues-paying NCDD members who live or work in California. My colleague Alissa Black, who recently left Code for America to head up the New America Foundation‘s new project, the California Civic Innovation Project (CCIP), was interested in discussing the project with NCDD…

On the program today for Thursday May 17, 2012



• When times are tough -- there is a terrible situation…

Being tasked with people's safety is no small calling, especially when the people are across borders in sometimes hostile countries. When a crisis happens overseas, it’s Michelle Bernier-Toth’s job as managing director of Overseas Citizens Services at the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular
  Affairs to contact US nationals and  get them out of the situation. Because of the outstanding work she does…

On the
 DorobekInsider this week, we answer your career questions  – thanks so much!  

Life and career are always going to throw some curves your way, which is why having the career framework as a benchmark for yourself can help you get back to your…

The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 17th of May, 2012

1. The Central contractor registration system will shut down next Wednesday. Companies currently use the online database to update their contractor registration with the federal government. The Washington Business Journal says, the…