I recently attended a fantastic event hosted by 85Broads, White & Case Women’s Initiative, and Ms. JD featuring the inspiring Laura Liswood. Afterwards, as I networked and chatted with other women there, I met two women from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We talked for a bit and then performed the ritual business cardRead… Read more »
Last November I built a short series to help organizations with their 2010 Social Media Plan. The series was well received and I think we all learned a lot in the process of writing and commenting back and forth. Sometimes, however, it really helps to boil things down to a simple checklist, keeping it simpleRead… Read more »
New FDA tobacco regulations regarding “light/low/mild” cigarettes take effect on July 22, 2010. CDC Web page provides a helpful summary of new FDA tobacco regulations and the potential public health impact, particularly for smokers of “light,” “low,” or “mild” cigarettes. The Web page also provides links to a full feature article and other helpful resources.Read… Read more »
There must be something in the air. Or is it the water? Over the past couple of weeks there have been some pretty sensational stories about the Intelligence Community. First, we had the Russian spies, then the Washington Post’s expose on the IC (well timed, right before Clapper’s confirmation hearing – but we digress), andRead… Read more »
In the wake of controversy and the rush to remove a government official from appointed office, there are some lessons here that all of us can learn. Lesson One: Build and Maintain a Workplace Culture That Fosters Respect. Just as national figures mistakenly react, people in the workplace also are capable of making the sameRead… Read more »
Law Enforcement Fatalities Surge 43 Percent During the First Half of 2010 We were afraid this was going to happen. The question is whether police officers are simply spread too thin? Budget cuts have taken an enormous toll on the entire criminal justice system and yes, we know regular readers are tired of the topic,Read… Read more »
Feds, clearly, I’m going to totally beg for your vote here lol. Govloop put out a post on the President’s SAVE Award… and quite frankly, I have an awesome idea that could save taxpayers in the range of millions alone at the United States Department of Homeland Security… and maybe billions if extrapolated across theRead… Read more »
A week or to ago I went ahead and made my top 5 worst agencies to work for list. We’ll the list wasn’t really mine but rather just the results from the Best Places to Work Survey. Well that’s enough focus on the negative for me, instead lets take a look at agencies who showedRead… Read more »
Our friends at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently issued a study called “A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity,” that highlights how the United States is facing a chronic shortage in the quality and quantity of its cybersecurity experts. As such, the nation unprepared to defend itself against increasingly sophisticated online attacks. TheRead… Read more »
This week I spoke with Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Alejandro Mayorkas. Immigrating to the United States from Havana at the age of one, Mayorkas now oversees the largest immigration service in the world. In our interview he talks about how his Cuban immigrant status has affected him as a leader ofRead… Read more »