I was just reading a blog post by Brittany Ballenstadt over on NextGov’s Wired Workplace blog entitled, “Millennials Ignore IT Use Policies” where she revealed the findings of an Accenture survey of 5,595 employees and students ages 14 to 27 in 13 countries, including the United States. Three key findings are worth exploring in more depth: Keep Reading ->

A couple months ago, I noticed a conversation on GovLoop regarding acquisition. Having spent the past ten years as a proposal writer that has responded to hundreds of Requests for Proposals on behalf of non-profit and educational institutions, I contributed six quick ideas to the discussion. Well, no good deed goes unpunished and those comments led to an invitation to serve on a panel titled, “Rockstars of Gov 2.0 Innovate Federal Acquisition,” that was held at the General Services Administration on July 1. Mary Davie (Assistant Commissioner, Office of Assisted Acquisition Services, General Services Administration) and Esther Burgess (Senior Vice President and COO, Vistronix) served as moderators and fellow panelists included Noel Dickover (Department of Defense), Kim Patrick Kobza (Co-Founder and CEO, Neighborhood America), Jack Kelly (Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget), and Raj Sharma (President and Co-chair, Board of Directors at FAIR Institute, President and CEO, Censeo Consulting Group). Keep Reading ->

Originally published at FedManager’s E-Report on behalf of Young Government Leaders. Keep Reading ->

Here’s a sneak peek at my slide deck for the Government 2.0 Boot Camp in Knoxville, TN. I am actually leaving for the airport in a couple minutes, but wanted to post them so folks could have access in advance. More about the event over the next two days. Keep Reading ->