Archive for October 11th, 2009
DorobekInsider: Celebrating a Happy (Fiscal) New Year with GovLoop
GovLoop and GovDelivery, fresh off their new partnership, had a party — to celebrate that collaboration, but it was also a Happy Fiscal 2010 New Year Party at Current in Washington, DC.
Some of the buzz items at the event:
* The future of Intellipedia: We’ve been telling you about the decision by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to shut down one part of the Intellipedia suite of collaboration tools. It’s important to remember that the crowd that comes to a GovLoop party is more of a gov 2.0 crowd. That being said, it is also a younger group — and they are collaborators. And they are passionate about the mission of government. They are, by and large, the kind of people the government wants to hire — and keep. Despite reassurances by ODNI officials that they will replace the uGov e-mail system with something else, there is a lot of suspicion. In the end, e-mail is a 1990s technology and is not really a collaborative technology. But there is great concern about what this will mean for the rest of the Intellipedia suite of collaborative tools. But people believe that this has a significant impact on what other agencies will do.
* Collaborating around Buying — specifically, betterbuyproject.com: A group of folks — GSA and the National Academy of Public Administration — are working on improving the acquisition process… even the crowdsourcing of an acquisition. It is a great idea and a marvelous attempt at trying something new and different. The official announcement of the program will come later this month at ACT/IAC’s Executive Leadership Conference… and we hope to have GSA’s Mary Davie on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris with a preview in the coming days.
Meanwhile, some photos of the event…
GovLoop’s Ressler with Deloitte’s Rachel Azaroff… Azaroff was one of FCW’s interns when I was editor in chief. One of my goals with interns was to give them something they could have as a “clip” when they went out into the “real” world — and Azaroff was there when FCW launched the Rising Star awards program. So… for the Rising Star issue, I asked a young person to write a story about the challenges facing young feds. The headline, Hire me, already: New recruits say government work is a good gig — and as rewarding as ever — but getting a foot in the door can be a drag, and the story is probably just as apt today as it was back in 2006 when the story was written. I also asked her to write a “comment” piece based on what she had learned:
Azaroff: Forget MySpace. It’s time for FedSpace [Federal Computer Week, Oct, 9, 2006]
Twenty-somethings could make e-government and other cross-agency initiatives happen
You’ll notice that Ressler was going incognito…
And, of course, the DorobekInsider was there too (photo courtesy of Kathleen Smith of ClearedJobs.net. See more of her photos from the event here.)
In fact TechBisnow was able to grab a photo that I did not — GovLoop’s Ressler and GovDelivery’s Burns.
And, by the way, yes — Federal News Radio 1500 AM was a sponsor.
DorobekInsider: What you read for the first full week of October 2009
What you read for the first full week of October 2009 on the DorobekInsider.com… the Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris… and FederalNewsRadio.com…
First… DorobekInsider.com…
- DorobekInsider: ODNI response to its decision to shut down Intellipedia’s uGov Web based e-mai
- DorobekInsider: Changes within the VA IT shop
- DorobekInsider: One part of the intel collaboration suite gets nixed, sparking protests — and
- DorobekInsider: Former USDA CIO Chistopherson lands at SAP, former Food and Drug acting CIO Chapman
- DorobekInsider: And it’s official — Gordon nominated to OFPP post
- DorobekInsider: GovLoop graduates finding a great new home with GovDelivery — what will it mea
- DorobekInsider: The hottest ticket in town — Roger Baker speaking at Input
- DorobekInsider: Tracking the Gordon OFPP announcement — how soon is soon?
- DorobekInsider: What you read for the last week of September 2009 on the DorobekInsider, Daily Debri
- DorobekInsider: OMB hires performance guru Shelley Metzenbaum
- DorobekInsider: Judging DC’s funniest celebrity… and the winner is…
- DorobekInsider: Obama expected to nominate GAO’s Gordon to OFPP post — soon
- DorobekInsider: The era of social media is over – long live collaboration tools
- DorobekInsider: The buzz of federal government IT: Two scorching IG report on VA IT… sex, lie
- DorobekInsider: CGI Federal scores a coup hiring former EPA CIO Molly O’Neill
What you read from the Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris…
- Postal Service announces final list of closures
- Wednesday Afternoon Federal Newscast
- Tuesday Afternoon Federal Newscast
- Analysis: GAO’s Dan Gordon nominated as OFPP Administrator
- The Daily Debrief Reports: MilitarySaves.org partners with Thrift Savings Plan to help troops save f
- Federal Register now available in XML
- Wikipedia co-founder talks about dealing with Web 2.0 pitfalls
- Daily Debrief Reports: No required minimum distributions for your TSP in 2010?
- DoD will hire thousands of new workers
- Hughes partners with agencies to increase teleworking feds
- New standards for Section 508 compliance are coming
- Your Turn preview: LTC insurance update
- GAO asks To Insource, or Outsource?
- Deloitte’s Tom Davis gives analysis on OFPP Administrator nominee
- GSA prepares for 2009 IDEAS Conference
- GAO asks to insource or outsource?
- Defense Information Systems Agency rolls out its Rapid Access Computing Environment
- Smithsonian offers buyouts to over 6,000 as part of new strategic plan
- Microsoft Federal focuses on options in the cloud
- Nortel Government Solutions, Avaya sign agreement
- New OMB memo talks about management priorities
- DISA plans to present best practice list at 2009 Service Management Conference & Expo
- The Daily Debrief Reports: MilitarySaves.org and your Thrift Savings Plan
- NIST issues guidelines on new mobile biometric devices
- Gov. Kaine gives his reaction to BRAC extension
- The Daily Debrief Reports: MilitarySaves.org and the Thrift Savings Plan
- A sneak peak at DoD’s Web 2.0 policy with Bob Brewin
- Analysis on OFPP Administrator nomination from Rob Burton
- International Spy Museum celebrates National Cybersecurity Month
- Competition causing conundrums in the federal marketplace; FAIR Institute to release new report
- FEHBP participants should plan to pay more in 2010
- What happened at the Excellence in Government Conference today
- VA hits play button on several projects
- Monday Afternoon Federal Newscast
- Navy CIO Carey discusses recently issued Web 2.0 guidance
- Partnership for Public Service gets word out about ‘social capitalism”
- Two top feds say it might be time for a change in telework policy
- GSA to award contract to address acquisition system issues
- GAO report cites problems with insourcing at some agencies
- SalesForce.com assists agencies in moving to the cloud
- Section: Daily Debrief Blogs
- FAIR Institute releases report on insourcing
- Former FCC Chairman Powell on the role of government and getting information in the digital age
- Ask the CIO preview: Office of Justice Programs has more grant money
- CMAP: A new leadership program designed for you
- Thursday Afternoon Federal Newscast
- ICANN, Dept. of Commerce sign historic agreement
- TSA employees closer to collective bargaining
- Still looking for a job in Federal IT…PPS wants to help
And what you read on FederalNewsRadio.com…
- NSPS one step closer to ending; FERS ‘flu’ might be cured
- NSPS another step closer to ending; FERS ‘flu’ cure a “done deal”
- USPS’ Potter urges ‘public dialogue’ on future of Postal Service
- Feds’ FEHBP no longer in danger; Congress, staffers still affected under Grassley plan
- International Spy Museum offers grim, sobering warning on cybersecurity
- Program launched to help recruit 11,000 new federal IT workers
- OPM gives employees opportunity to change long term care program
- GAO finds civilian agencies slow to insource jobs
- White House makes push for agencies, contractors to hire people with disabilities
- Postal Service one step closer to shutting hundreds of branches
- GSA to reveal plans, update on new DHS headquarters project
- Veterans Affairs restarts some of its suspended projects
- EPA awards 7 vendors spot on $955 million contract
- OMB details approach to program evaluations
- Federal Register XML format will increase usability, accessibility and save money
- Merit Systems Protection Board document to help federal managers deal with poor performers
- Chopra, Kundra speak out on technology and government
- Senate Census panel asks tough questions about 2010 count
- White House cuts federal pay raise
- CIO Council taskforce to change security metrics
- Should the Marines set up a cyber command?
- GPO and Dept. of Energy take going green to the next level
- DHS gets green light to hire 1,000 ‘cyberspecialists’
- OPM wants to know agencies’ plans to hire presidential fellows
- Federal News Radio Reports
- FBI takes to planes in global fight against cybercrime
- FTC unveils stricter guidelines for bloggers
- Chopra, Kundra speak out on technology and governmnt
- OPM no longer to project federal retirements
- OFPP asks for consolidated report on procurement data
- DoD makes NSPS pay raise equal to GS employees
- Universities lead technological innovation but is the government following?
- NSPS remains on life support
- DHS extends states’ deadline to request more time to meet REAL ID
- OMB’s new performance framework to combine the best of the past
- Exclusive Preview of Top 20 Federal Contract Opportunities
- USPS has latest list of possible closures
- Feds to pay more for health care under FEHBP
- Causey: Federal Health Employee Benefit Plan amendment not likely to pass
- Feds submit more than 10,000 ideas to OMB in effort to SAVE money
- GSA releases FY 2010 per diem rates
- Senate committee increases civilian pay raise to 2.9 percent for 2010
- Military talks about interagency collaboration in war zones
- The end for NSPS?
- Troubled federal procurement data systems to get facelift
- DHS concludes public phase of quadrennial review
- USGS mobilizes Web 2.0 to better understand natural disasters
- TSA picks CSC to run its technology infrastructure
- DHS marks new milestone with St. E’s campus groundbreaking
- Short time deadline looms for federal Long Term Care