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Office of American Innovation Targets Federal Customer Service
“If we can just make individual people’s everyday lives 20 percent better, that would be a huge contribution,” White House adviser Chris Liddell said.
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But His Emails!
The latest White House scandal brings the nation’s attention back to the inbox.
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Remote Workers Earn More, Quit Less And Are Happier Than Their Office-Bound Counterparts
One researcher says requiring employees to be in the office is an outdated work tradition.
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DATA Act: Agile's First Governmentwide Win
Governmentwide projects are particularly complicated, but here's one that ends on time and under budget.
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Census pares down critical dress rehearsal
The Census Bureau’s decisions to pare down operations and tests of IT systems to manage its finances in advance of the decennial count have extended to the critical 2018 dress rehearsal.
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OMB looks to continue civilian-side cuts into 2019
As the FY19 budget deadline looms, streamlining federal civilian workforce is on the agenda.
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Lawsuit challenges Trump's Twitter blocks
A lawsuit filed July 11 takes issue on constitutional grounds with the practice of President Trump blocking users on Twitter.
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Lawmaker to Trump’s Election Commission: Drop Your Voter Data Request
Rep. Gerry Connolly urged Mike Pence to abandon a search for sensitive voter data.
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Government Warms to Continuous Monitoring of Personnel With Clearances
The government’s security clearance process currently “is stuck in the industrial age."
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Think Tank Tells Trump's Office of American Innovation To Design From The Bottom Up
If it works in business, can't it work in government?
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What's coming in Data.gov's next revamp
Contracting documents indicate more automation, geocoding and open source are in store for the federal online repository Data.gov.
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3 Words That Make Brainstorming Sessions at Google, Facebook and IDEO More Productive
Push employees to see the possibilities in any challenge.
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20% of Feds Say Their Agency Still Relies on Paper Records
And many federal employees also doubt the effectiveness of their chief data officers.
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Smart Employers Don’t Let Job Applications Disappear Into a Black Hole
Companies that don’t notify applicants risk damaging their reputation.
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However Strange Your Search, Chances Are Google Has Seen it Before
Trillions of queries are posed to Google every year. Think yours is unique?
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Is Congress transparent enough?
Legislative data is public and online, but transparency advocates are looking to make more-granular aspects of the lawmaking process easier to track and understand.
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Audit: DHS’ Human Capital System Still in Bad Shape
PALMS last year caused one member of Congress to exclaim, “$180 million pissed away.”
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4 Things You Need to Build Your Analytics Team
Three analytic practitioners share best practices for building a successful analytics shop.
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Is government ready for AI?
Dozens of agencies are at least dabbling in artificial intelligence, but big concerns remain about transparency and the impact on the human workforce.
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