In response to a Freedom of Information Act request in April by the Electronic Information Privacy Center (EPIC), the GSA has released the “Web 2.0 agreements” that were generated by the agency on behalf of the federal government with many social media providers in March of 2009. [Read More on Socialfeds]
Good morning! It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stocks took a little breather on Friday as the Dow and S&P dropped modestly, but the Nasdaq managed to stay positive. The TSP funds were mixed: F and I up; C and S down. The S&P 500… yawn…Read… Read more »
This outside of the government talk, however I felt the need to share my little experience since it helped me out. Last week my family and I moved into our new home. We’ve been looking forward to it’s completion for several months now. I spent from Wed to this morning being completely disconnected from work,Read… Read more »
It’s finally here!!! Everyone remain calm. Okay, the Hokie Guru told you to remain calm. That was classic… the Hokie Guru will always remember Kevin Bacon’s first movie… By the way, the great thing about the first weekend of college football is that it’s played ALL weekend long… through Labor Day… which most of usRead… Read more »
The wonders this earth still hold amazes me everyday. I wonder just how many secrets are on this rock which have not been discovered. Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur on a sheep farm in the northern state of Queensland. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8224279.stm
And … then there are lots of wonders “out there” we want to discover. The amount of what we know is just a grain of sand on the beach of what we don’t know. All the knowledge of the earth, the sea, and space will keep humans busy for centuries and centuries. Every question answeredRead… Read more »
Greetings… all is well here on a Sunday… football right around the corner on Thursday… In July 2009, Congress had a hearing on the Bowl Championship Series (this is the obligatory government section of my post). Obama wants a national football playoff. As a civil servant, the Hokie Guru must support his President and volunteersRead… Read more »
My prayers go out to all the firefighters, and to the people who live in that area. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8229329.stm
(The full text of this excerpted blog post appears on Mike Russell’s blog at: blog.planetrussell.net) As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heads into the 60th day of its marathon state budget impasse, that’s no deterrent to some of the best and brightest minds in healthcare technology, military medicine, rural development and public policy. They’ll be convergingRead… Read more »
Here is a story which makes me really angry at the rights criminals have. http://news.aol.com/article/thief-sues-michigan-store-he-robbed/646032 You have law abiding employees getting robbed by a theif, and he wants to sue for his pain, suffering and emotional distress. I have no use for somone like this. It boils down to, what action happened when this manRead… Read more »