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Our keynote speaker Monday at #eig2013, @algore. (cc:@excelgov)

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:29:20 -0400

Our keynote speaker Monday at #eig2013, @algore. (cc:@excelgov)

From the Archives: With Dana Grinshpan’s current...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:53:52 -0400

From the Archives:

With Dana Grinshpan’s current Government Executive magazine piece on women’s role in government, it’s time to revisit the Feb. 2000 magazine cover. Thirteen before Grinshpan’s piece, Dick Kirschten examined women’s role in government at the turn of the 21st century.

Read his feature story here and the entire Feb. 2000 issue here.

Thank you, Open Gov Foundation. (Cc: @joseph_marks_ )

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:57:14 -0400

Thank you, Open Gov Foundation. (Cc: @joseph_marks_ )

From the Archives: Five years ago, FEMA was at a crossroads and...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:45:00 -0400

From the Archives:

Five years ago, FEMA was at a crossroads and then-reporter (now Nextgov editor) Katherine McIntire Peters examined the point in FEMA’s history.

Read the rest of the April 2008 issue here.

From the archives: Our April 1995 issue on partisan clashes and...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:09:59 -0400

From the archives: Our April 1995 issue on partisan clashes and foreign policy.

From the Archives: Our August 2000 cover with then-presidential...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:15:14 -0400

From the Archives: Our August 2000 cover with then-presidential candidate Al Gore.

Gore will also be speaking at our Excellence in Government conference May 13-14th. Want to hear him speak? Request an invite here: excellenceingov.com

Spotted at GSA’s Acquisition Excellence conference: Feds...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:01:38 -0400

Spotted at GSA’s Acquisition Excellence conference: Feds & contractors still haven’t kicked the two phone habit. #mobilegov #gov20

Help us with our survey!

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:35:11 -0400

Your voice is still needed for largest GovExec study we have ever conducted. Response rates are essential to come to accurate conclusions. If you’re a federal employee, take this survey to make sure that we can provide actionable information for your agency.

We especially need employees from OPM, Department of Education, Department of Energy, and Department of Labor.

I (Ross Gianfortune) put together Play of the Day and am also a...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:01:29 -0500

I (Ross Gianfortune) put together Play of the Day and am also a Chicago-area native. I was born in the early 1980s, so I was a teenager during the Bulls’ run of the 1990s. Needless to say, I am in love with this Dennis Rodman story and thought pretty seriously about making Play of the Day a entirely Rodman affair.

Sadly, the sequester is way too important for me to ignore. Therefore, today’s Play of the Day was only a mostly Rodman situation.

From the archives: Our May 1999 cover on the Pentagon shedding...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:50:18 -0500

From the archives: Our May 1999 cover on the Pentagon shedding jobs. 14 years later, the Defense Department is facing job cuts again with the sequestration around the corner.

usagov: Image description: From the Bureau of Land Management...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:59:26 -0500

usagov:

Image description:

From the Bureau of Land Management (BLM):

Nothing’s cuter than a baby burro.

See more burro pics on the Bureau of Land Management California Facebook page!

Learn more about BLM wild horse and burro program.

From the Archives: This June 2000 cover image is a favorite...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

From the Archives: This June 2000 cover image is a favorite cover around the office. Not only is the pulp novel-style art amazing, but the headline and topic work for a truly eye-catching cover.

Our June 2000 cover story was a look into the increasing level of technology into the government in the early 2000s. It was a look into the way things would be, even still today.

Check out the entire issue here.

From the Archives: Need help with the possibility of shrinking...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:57:00 -0500

From the Archives:

Need help with the possibility of shrinking budgets? Our May 2000 issue has some ideas for how to beat budget cuts.

Take a trip down memory lane and read it online here.

From the archives: Our July 2004 cover featuring...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:14:45 -0500

From the archives: Our July 2004 cover featuring then-presidential candidate John Kerry. After being nominated for Secretary of State, Kerry again has the potential to shape federal government. Read more about Kerry’s confirmation hearing.

Secret Service mulls bionic ears to detect gunfire at large...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:14:58 -0500

Secret Service mulls bionic ears to detect gunfire at large events

The Secret Service is shopping for camouflaged sensors that can decipher gunshot details amid city hubbub, contracting documents suggest.

The agency, responsible for guarding inaugurations and other U.S. special events, would exercise sole control over the surveillance system, rather than let private analysts send assessments, as many cities are starting to do.

“Due to the secure nature of these sites, a high gunshot detection rate (>95 percent) is strongly desired while daily, operational monitoring of the system by external parties is undesirable,” stated a Jan. 18 survey form for contractors who have products ready to sell.

How to get rid of the things that drain you Over the weekend I...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:47:04 -0500

How to get rid of the things that drain you

Over the weekend I had a great reminder of how much things change over time. I received an email from a coach I worked with back in 2004. She had been cleaning out some files and found a document that she asked me to write for her when we were working together. It was a list of twenty nine things that were draining my energy back then. I was in a bit of a funk in that period and the list included worries about family, health, friends, business – the works really.

As I looked it over, I realized that there were only two things on the list that still bug me – a messy office and messy bookshelves. After nine years of those two, I think I’ve come to terms with the mess.

What painkillers can teach us about open government Looking for...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:34:17 -0500

What painkillers can teach us about open government

Looking for an example of how open government data is being used by the private sector? Google the words “aspirin,” “ibuprofen” or “amoxicillin” and check out the upper right hand corner of the webpage.

You’ll find boxes with information about recommended uses, risks and possible side effects that rely on open data streams from the National Library of Medicine and the Food and Drug Administration.

“The best part about this is we didn’t even know it was happening,” U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park told members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Friday. “It didn’t happen because of evangelism by us. It didn’t happen because we met them at a meet up. They just somehow learned about the API we had … and boom. This materialized and now that information is helping everyone on Google search and score aspirin and every other drug.”

Park has been working to make raw government data available online to developers and entrepreneurs since 2009, first as CTO of the Health and Human Services Department and later in his goverenmentwide role. The goal is that entrepreneurs will use that data to build applications and services that aid consumers, turn a profit or both.

Our July 1993 special edition: The office productivity guide,...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:56:38 -0500

Our July 1993 special edition: The office productivity guide, featuring all the best tech from 20 years ago, including fax machines and copiers.

"Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tongue-in-cheekily tells Morning Edition’s David Greene that the..."

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:43:50 -0500

“Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tongue-in-cheekily tells Morning Edition’s David Greene that the whole bit about flying around the world in a sleigh pulled by reindeer and landing on rooftops is just a ruse. He says that what St. Nick is really doing, if you think about the “science of Santa,” is whipping around the world and into the homes of good girls and boys via some wondrous wormholes.”

- Forget About Chimneys: Think Wormholes If You Want To See Santa (via npr)

Photos of the Year

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:56:20 -0500

nationaljournal:

From the big (historic elections, pivotal Supreme Court decisions, massive protests overseas, once-in-a-generation storms, the London Olympics) to the small (an empty chair, a tarmac argument, political rhetoric, endless political rhetoric) 2012 was a year replete with interesting moments. Check out some of the best stories captured on camera here.

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