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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.” sponsored U.N.

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The Value of Community Engagement?

zencity

Rather than policymakers delivering news in a one-way formula—where there is no room for conversation or feedback—key decision-makers must encourage participation from the communities they are directly dealing with. We are now living in the digital era—gone are the days of town hall meetings as the only source of community engagement.

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How to Boost Public Involvement with a Community Engagement Platform

Social Pinpoint

However, many people experience democracy as the opportunity to vote at election time, rather than something that they can constantly participate in to affect meaningful change throughout their lives. So, how do we help citizens discover more opportunities to shape their future? Make people want to participate.

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How to Effectively Plan Your Public Involvement Initiative for Transport

Social Pinpoint

As the Denton County Transportation Authority’s (DCTA) recent Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, I was tasked with developing and leading the marketing and communications plan for the agency’s GoZone microtransit public involvement project in the spring of 2021.

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Connecting the dots between the customer experience and trust in government

Partnership for Public Service

Public services and public trust Successive administrations have aimed to improve the public’s interaction with government—from efforts to simplify the language used in government communications to initiatives to understand and reduce the administrative burden that customers face when interacting with federal services. adults from Nov.