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AFFIRM panel: How to stay innovative
The AFFIRM panel discusses how to stay innovative.
Tags: Robert Brese , David McClure , GSA , Todd Park , HHS , Chris Smith , USDA , AFFIRM , innovation , best practices , management , DorobekInsider
Hiring time cut at some agencies
WFED's Jason Miller describes efforts at some agencies to cut hiring time.
Tags: HUD , DoD , hiring , management , Jason Miller , Dorobek Insider
Agencies are successfully chopping hiring times down
The Department of Housing and Urban Development went from being the poster child for the dysfunctional federal hiring process to being a model of what others are striving for.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , pay and benefits , management , Shaun Donovan , Janie Payne , John Berry , Kathleen Ott , Daniel Poneman , HUD , OPM , DoD , VA , CHCO Council , hiring reform , Jason Miller
HUD shows how hiring reform can work
Many agencies have reduced the time it takes to hire a new employee. DoD, Energy and VA are among the departments that have made the most progress over the last year. OPM Director John Berry said a full government-wide look will not be available until early 2011.
Tags: pay and benefits , management , Shaun Donovan , Janie Payne , John Berry , Kathleen Ott , Daniel Poneman , HUD , OPM , DoD , VA , CHCO Council , hiring reform , Jason Miller
White House hands out awards for green efforts
Subhead: Administration honors sustainability efforts by seven agencies with the 2010 GreenGov Presidential awards.
Tags: green government , management , White House , Council on Environmental Quality , Nancy Sutley , NARA , VA , Forest Service , NIST , HHS , DoD , 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards , Jason Miller
Using poop to power lights, homes
A few new inventions are making sure nothing goes to waste, even if it means using dog or human waste.
Tags: poop , Bob Kur , electricity
GSA, Energy going alternative to run its buildings
DoE wants to make all of its roofs white or light color to help reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. GSA is testing solar panels, geo-thermal and solar chimneys in different buildings around the country. The goal is to help reduce the government's $25 billion annual energy bill.
Tags: green government , management , Nancy Sutley , Steven Chu , Robert Peck , White House , Council on Environmental Quality , GSA , Green buildings , GreenGov Symposium , solar panels , Jason Miller , Greening of Government: buildings
A path forward for the Gulf Coast
This week Navy Secretary Ray Mabus released a report that calls for establishing a congressionally mandated Gulf Coast Restoration Task Force to coordinate federal, state and local actions to restore the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , Gulf Coast , Navy , Ray Mabus , environment , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon ,
WeatherBug would help Energy follow the fallout
During chemical, biological, and radiological/nuclear atmospheric releases, the more information available about which way the wind is blowing, the better. To that end, WeatherBug, DHS and DOE are working together. Details from WeatherBug's Bill Callahan.
Tags: Federal Drive , collaboration , management , DHS , DoE , AWS , weatherBug , Bill Callahan , Suzanne Kubota
Competitive purchasing of energy could apply to individuals, groups
Reverse auctions -- in which the bidder is the seller -- have helped larges companies and cities save millions of dollars in energy costs and could be used for individuals and neighborhoods, according to a Southeastern Louisiana University professor in
Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , reverse auction , David Wyld , Southeastern Louisiana University
