The most prominent predictors of the future tend to be the most wrong

Geoff Mulgan

Federal & State Freedom of Information Laws (FOIL), allows citizens to obtain copies of government records.

In 2009, the Buffalo News after not receiving adequate responses to several FOIL requests wrote an editorial directed to Mayor Byron Brown…

By Bob Gourley

Fixmo SharePlace Delivers Integrated Mobile Security and DLP for Microsoft SharePoint; Supports Mobile-Specific Access Control Policies

TORONTO & STERLING, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–…

By Bob Gourley

When talking with the less-technical people in your enterprise, which may include end users and many others on the leadership team, it always pays to have non technical expressions to describe new capabilities.

Here are some thoughts on Platfora that may be of use in discussions like that.

Here is how to describe Platfora to a non-technical…

By Bob Gourley

We previously provided information on the DI2E Pluggest and Mashup event being coordinated by some forward thinking, mission-focused government thought leaders and friends at the Association for Enterprise Technology (AFEI).  The event will be held Monday 20 May at George Mason…

This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “An MPA From My Apt.” by University of Southern California MPA distance graduate program student Josh Halladay.  Halladay is sharing his experiences with a distance learning program in the hopes of providing perspective and support to other students who are pondering a degree using a distance or online program.

—————————————-…

Federal agencies saved 4 percent on the $307 billion they spent to acquire services during fiscal year 2012.

That percentage would equate to $12 billion by using strategic sourcing to acquire services for engineering and information technology, the Government Accountability Office…

In principle, my initial reaction — my first thought — is very rarely my best thought. Often my first thought is absurd and shows me how not to react.

Like first brush strokes on a canvas, first thoughts provide a starting place for more refined thoughts, for subsequent brush strokes. First thoughts, like initial brush strokes, are rarely worth sharing. In fact, sharing first thoughts can be deeply counter-productive to good group…

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they FaceTime with, and which song best describes their life.

Name: Joshua Allen…

By Ryan Kamauff

Steven VanRoekel gave an excellent keynote on Wednesday at the FOSE conference. Mr VanRoekel is a former Microsoft executive who has been in the Federal Government since 2009. He outlined the steps that he is pushing as the Federal CIO to improve IT throughout the government. He highlighted the pervasiveness of…

Yesterday, there was a special edition of the DorobekINSIDER Live focusing on the Digital Government Strategy, One Year Later.  One year ago, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced the Digital Government Strategy that grew to include mobile, open data, and how to measure all of this…

Are state and local governments ready to be empowered with a full range of new capabilities, analytics, and metrics? Learn how with Workday:

As part of GovLoop's most recent guide entitled, "Innovating at the Point of Citizen Engagement: Making Every Moment…

As part of GovLoop's most recent guide entitled, "Innovating at the Point of Citizen Engagement: Making Every Moment…

Announcing GovLoop's Latest Guide... 

"INNOVATING…

• Tom Burton from the ACMA to discuss his work and…