John's blog

Leading teams requires leadership.

The National Open Source Innovation Summit in Dublin, Ireland this month (feb2026) was a wonderful gathering of open source tech, policy and research humans each working on solving different yet overlapping problems.

My last post ended with thank you – to those who have stayed as well as to those who have left civil service.

As of 30sep2025, I am no longer a federal employee – which is interesting because I never expected to be one in the first place!

(Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or a health care benefits professional.

Well, this is going to be an exciting week here at the United Nations!

I’ve bought many books that looked interesting, only to give up half-way and pass them on.

Did you know the US Federal Government is the largest employer in the United States of America and hiring – with 310 “remote” positions open today?

Thank you and congratulations to Allan Mulrooney, Stephen Carolan, Leah Fairman, Liam Horan and Pauline Leonard for organizing the Western Development Commission 2023 ConnectedHubs summit in Tullamore, Ireland.

Words matter.