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Best of 2011: Feds Strive To Boost Job Opportunities For Veterans, Brace For Influx

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

Breaking Gov produced a three-part series examining government services addressing key challenges among military veterans amid high unemployment, a woeful economic outlook and an anticipated influx of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few years. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 30, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Best Of 2011: Ten Years After 9/11 – Three Perspectives On Homeland Security’s Mission

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

While many publications paid tribute to 9/11 this year, none explored the resulting creation of the Department of Homeland Security — and the largest U.S. government reorganization in half a century — better than Dan Verton. Dan succeeded in tracking down and interviewing three men who were instrumental in the birth and evolution of DHS: the nation’s first Secretary of Homeland Security; the deputy for counterterrorism on the National Security Council, and the CIA’s deputy director of intelligence. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 29, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Best Of 2011: Who’s Paid The Most In Government?

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

A new online service emerged in the past year and put a spotlight on the 1000 most highly paid federal civil servants, renewing the debate on whether government employees are overcompensated. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 29, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Best Of 2011: The Best And Worst Federal Workplaces For Innovation

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

While many government leaders might give lip service to the merits of creativity and innovation in the public sector, few actually put the idea into practice, according to the Partnership for Public Service‘s research into the best places to work in government Keep reading →

 /  Published December 28, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Best Of 2011: Essential Ingredients For Innovating In Government

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

Breaking Gov is proud to have focused on innovation and innovators in the government space and, in doing so, accumulating many celebrity-level contributors since launch. The list includes more than 40 government industry experts as well as Internet co-creator Vint Cerf. In Cerf’s piece, he argues that discontent, the ability to fail, and the environment where managers can say “yes” are among the key ingredients for leaders to foster innovation in government. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 28, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Small Government Contractors Spending More, Bidding Less

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The U.S. government is the world’s largest single purchaser of goods and services. But not even the federal government has been immune from needing to cut costs dramatically, which in turn has had a sweeping impact on contractors–and small business contractors in particular.

A new survey of 740 active small businesses pursuing government work found that small businesses are having to spend more to bid on government contracts, are being rebuffed with greater frequency, but being rewarded for their persistence. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 27, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Best Of 2011: Public Servants Recognized With National Awards

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

Thirty four public servants were honored for their distinguished service, including nine individuals who were awarded Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala Sept. 15. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Best Of 2011: Future Of Mobile Technology Takes Shape – As A Cube

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

The past year has seen significant buzz with regard to how technology can change the business of government. Mobile technology, in particular, appears to hold significant promise for increased efficiency and a more enabled mobile workforce. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 27, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Best Of 2011: Postal Service $5.1 Billion in Red; Thousands Of Workers’ Jobs In Limbo

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

The past year has seen the 200-year-old U.S. Postal Service in crisis and its future remains grim. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Best Of 2011: VanRoekel Lays Out Revised IT Vision

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This is one in a series of articles highlighting Breaking Gov’s best stories of the past year. As we reflected on our 2011 coverage of innovation, technology and management amongst the federal agencies and workforce, this was among the stories that stood out as delivering key insight into the top issues facing today’s government community.

From his first public appearance to his recent move toward the commitment to close data centers, Steven VanRoekel has been busy since taking over the role as federal CIO in August from Vivek Kundra. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM
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