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Topic: U.S. General Services Administration

  

Here's How GSA Changed Its Ways

Led by Dave Barram, a 24-year veteran of Silicon Valley, and a group of rank-and-file change agents, one of Washington's stodgiest agencies is learning to be nimble -- and to "thrill" its customers.READ»

Built Brave

How will terror and its aftermath reshape the design of office buildings? The new federal center in Oklahoma City offers some surprising (and surprisingly hopeful) answers.READ»

Office Space Race

Your goal: Establish more than 500 new office locations in the next five years. Sound daunting? Heck yeah. And while the General Services Administration's end goal -- the 2010 census -- may seem daunting enough itself, the work ...READ»

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The Trouble With Friending the White House

In the great wired tradition of his campaign, President Obama has opened White House accounts on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr (which delivered this photo, an instant classic). The accounts are part of the President's ...READ»

Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources

Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources

Environmentally conscious vernacular architecture is making a comeback, says Autodesk's John F. Kennedy--and there are hundreds of millions of existing buildings on the planet that need to become energy- and resource-efficient.READ»

Fast Agency, Slow Government

How John Mitchell and Coleen Vogel help the U.S. Mint run like a business.READ»

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Architects Envision "Algae Pontoon" Parks Linking Brooklyn, Manhattan, Governors Island

The winning proposal in UCLA's WPA 2.0 competition wants to transform our waterfronts into carbon-siphoning wetlands.READ»

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Can ZipCar Remake Government Fleets?

For the last 10 years, ZipCar has succeeded in getting urban drivers to share cars. Now it's trying to get government in on the game. The car-sharing company announced plans on Monday to venture into the public sector with a ...READ»

Go East, Young Man. Uncle Sam Promises 'Recession-Proof Future' for SavvyTechnology Marketers. Especially Now.

If you are the CMO or CEO of a technology company, you might be interested in learning that the recession, depression or slowdown in the economy is real, unless you are targeting the federal government, the single largest IT client ...READ»

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Government Experimenting With Identity Technologies

Yesterday the United States Government in collaboration with industry announced a few pilot projects using emerging open identity technologies for citizens to use when interacting with government sites. This is part of the The Obama administration's open government memorandum calling for transparency participation, collaboration more real.READ»

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As Always, We Begin With Fodder For Thought

Listen. Think. Communicate. Do. http://web.archive.org/web/20041030103328/www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/1999-12/analysis/ The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White ...READ»