Despite some troublesome geopolitical events last week, it was another good week for stocks as both the Fed and encouraging weekly jobless claims helped keep investors from doing much selling. 







Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through May 10. 









The S&P 500 closed near the highs of…

This weekend, my friend sent me the video below. Can keep the post quick, but the video really hit home for me. If you know anyone graduating from college, make sure you send them the video to watch. Although it's geared for recent graduates, the message of the power to make a conscious choice to be happy, work towards balance, and viewing the world from different perspectives, is clearly applicable to everyone. It's a great video - hope you all enjoy it and consider the message. …

By Bob Gourley

Editor’s note: I have meant to get our readers an update on Triumfant for quite a while. I am very proud to be an advisor to John Prisco and believe their approach to automatically discovering attacks (and even misuse) on computers is one every enterprise should evaluate. The news below makes it even easier to leverage the powerful comprehensive solutions Triumfant brings.-…

I get a call the other day: "How are you?"

"Honestly," I say, slumping down in my Metro seat, "I am exhausted."

And I am exhausted. I'm so exhausted I can't remember what exhausted means. Everybody I know is exhausted. We seem to be running at a faster and faster pace and accomplishing just about...the same as before we were so exhausted.

...back to the conversation. The reply: "Well I can understand that, what with all the talking points going back and forth…

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How much do you know about Federal Sector EEO? 

• Have you ever observed or experienced discrimination, harassment or reprisal in the federal workplace based on race, color, sex, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or personal genetic information?
• If so, do you know where to turn to report…

This post is written by Clay Johnson, the co-founder and CEO of the Department of Better Technology, and cross-posted from the Department of Better Technology blog. 

So far we’ve talked about two ways to decrease government’s IT costs: streamlining the process that agencies use to vet and certify new businesses, and …

The City of Gresham currently has two new opportunities for HR Professionals in the position of HR Analyst and Employee and Labor Relations Analyst.…

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Here’s a thoughtful message and some great questions from Jacob Hess, one of our two featured speakers on next Wednesday’s confab call on red-blue dialogue.  See the full description of the confab, and register here if you’d like to join us.  We’re excited that 110 people have already signed up!

Rush Limbaugh taught me, in my teenage years, that liberals were trying to…

This is the first installment in a new ELGL original content series titled “A Tale of Two Internships” by University of Kansas MPA graduate Ashley Graff.  Graff recently obtained a shared internship with the City of West Linn and the City of Sherwood.  In this series, Graff provides perspective on the experience of working for two communities and the similarities and differences she experiences with…

This article was originally published on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's online public administration program blog, Inside the MPA@UNC. 

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This past Tuesday night during GovLoop's Career Energizer Event, Steve Rowe, Innovation Campaign Division Chief for the Navy Center for Innovation within the Navy Warfare Development Command, gave a lightning talk on, well, innovation. Below is the slide deck from his lightning speech as well as a guide that he referenced, which the Navy is using to spur fresh thinking and novel ideas.

What strikes you about the Navy's…

We’re fortunate and proud to serve some of the largest state and local government agencies in the world. We launched the Civic Cloud to serve them AND to better meet the needs of smaller agencies.

A lot of people make the assumption that…

By Ryan Kamauff

Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day.

• Department of Labor website hack highlights advanced attack trends – The recent attack at the Department of Labor is bringing to the forefront advanced tactics and strategies of cyber adversaries. This attack was a…

What is the Knope of the Week? It is ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition and prizes that we are not at liberty to disclose. The storied history of the award dates back to 2012.

The most extensive reform to the UK welfare system in five decades- Universal Credit – is underway and presents some unique challenges and opportunities, as outlined in a recent article in The Guardian. With a change this massive, how does the UK government implement Universal Credit consistently and communicate clearly with its citizens?

Defining the…

"You hear people talk about the impact of the internet or mobile phones or social media but none of those words really capture what is going on. People today have enormous amounts of power in their phones, they are also connected to the internet at all times and that has real cascade ramifications in a lot of ways," said Nicco Mele.

Mele is the author of the new book,…

This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok's contribution.

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

This week has seen a lot of stories about Data--Big, Open, and Social.

• Ordering Open: Steven VanRoekel and Todd Park…

It took me a long time to figure out what my political views were. It happened through dialogue with friends. We all shared the same kinds of views:

* Socially, "live and let live"

* Results-oriented

* Process-wise, anti-bureaucracy…