Digital Government
Federal Coach: Worried about your agency's Best Places to Work rankings? Here's how to prepare
The Best Places to Work rankings measure federal employee satisfaction and commitment and are based on responses from more than 276,000 federal workers. The 2011 rankings include 308 federal agencies and subcomponents – representing 97 percent of the 2.1 million person federal workforce. The rankings provide a roadmap for agency leaders to build a more committed workforce and, ultimately, more effective agencies.
Digital Government
Federal Coach: Honoring Veterans Day with leadership lessons from the military
Veterans’ Day holds special significance for Tom Fox because his dad served in post-World War II Germany with the Army and his uncle died in combat during World War II. Tom takes time to reflect on Veterans Day.
Digital Government
Aerial surveillance added to police toolkit in Calif. town
Government Computer News
Modernization
Energy turns to performance contracts to cut data centers
Department officials want to prove the procurement tool's value for a major IT effort.
Digital Government
Next steps unclear after balky national alert test
FEMA chief accepts criticisms for glitches in the first-ever nationwide emergency message.
Acquisition
Contracting out strikes out again among my students
A survey of Kelman’s public policy students shows declining supporting for contracting out government services.
Modernization
A grassroots approach to online agency org charts
Web-based wiki platforms are being used to collect and display inside information on federal organizations.
Acquisition
Senate votes to kill 3 percent withholding tax
Lawmakers vote to repeal a tax that would keep back a percentage of payments made to contractors.
Modernization