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State Department Bets Big on Data-Driven Diplomacy

GovLoop

As part of the “substantive and technical expertise” competency, Foreign Service employees must develop “the ability to read, understand, create, and communicate data as information” and to identify “the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches based on data-driven analysis, as appropriate.”

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WANT TO WRITE SO THAT OTHERS CAN USE WHAT YOU’VE WRTTEN? HERE’s YOUR CHANCE!

Barrett & Greene

The book presents a series of guidelines that will enable readers to successfully frame a policy argument; pitch it to editors; organize the work so that the ideas have real impact; support it with data and stories; find the right publisher; and follow up after publication to ensure that the argument has enduring impact.

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San Antonio Deepens Trust With Constituents

GovLoop

For Alanna Reed, San Antonio’s Director of Communications and Engagement, numbers tell only part of the story. Besides being inefficient, this made it difficult for the city to coordinate communications across departments. The new department’s name reflects the idea that engagement is as important as communications itself, Reed said.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

Read on to meet the writers who will contribute two articles each month until July. You can begin reading their articles here.) Ben Marglin is a Senior Vice President with Karsun Solutions and has 25 years of experience in public sector management and technology consulting. Moffat is Prosci® certified and holds a B.S.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (PART 2)

Barrett & Greene

The following new suggestions of books, reports, articles and presentations about performance management come from David Ammons, Maria Aristigueta, Marc Holzer, Michael Jacobson, Andrew Kleine, and Aaron P. Manoharan.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Ensuring emergencies are dealt with effectively requires adopting public safety technology that can facilitate the operational management of a crisis quickly and effectively to limit its potential damage. 88% say they want to see public safety transformed through the use of public safety technology.