This program is online mentoring class to help expose and train people new to the acquisition field. Duties Be a member of the group “YAP Mentoring – Fall 2010 Class” Regularly communicate with your Mentor or Mentee. Participate in the group. Program lasts 3 months. You make the most of it once paired. Registering MentorsRead… Read more »
What is going on these days? It seems that the Internet and social networking has made the world flat. What do we mean by this? Well, amateur sleuths can serve as GEOINT analysts by finding top secret locations in North Korea on Google Earth. And, now it was just reported that a Facebook group forRead… Read more »
In a perfect world, consumers recognize authentic emails from fake, update their operating system, browser and anti-virus software, and have a healthy skepticism about the safety of the Internet. The bad guys hate perfect, so we should be working with consumers to stop them. I deal with the ugly aftermath of one type of cybercrime,Read… Read more »
Ever wonder how much DC Government collects in “Out of state Vehicle Registration Fees”?. What about the “Underground Storage Tank Fines and Fees”? Library Fines? What about the proceeds from busting illegal gambling and narcotics operations? Where does this money go? What services does it fund? Now you can research this and other similar informationRead… Read more »
I get a kick out of simple stories to explain complex ideas. So as part of my Global Business class for my Masters I was instructed to price index a Big Mac to explain the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP). The “Economist” does this annualy, but their results weren’t out for this year. IRead… Read more »
Heather Krasna is the author of Jobs That Matter: Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service, and the Director of Career Services at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. If you are job-seeking, whether due to layoffs or because you are a recent graduate, you are sure to encounterRead… Read more »
I used to be a project manager in government. There were many times that I had about 70 projects in the works, and all in different stages. Some of these projects were really struggling. In the government world, a floundering project meant that the community just couldn’t get it going for any number of reasons.Read… Read more »
They say that those who call for a meeting usually have the upper hand. Typically, this is the motivated party who wants to produce results. We hope this is the case with White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt calling for a meeting with President Obama and crew today to discuss progress and ways to moveRead… Read more »
Where to begin? How does someone who has dedicated the better part of the past 5 years to family disaster preparedness come to terms with the conclusion that people who prepare will always represent such a tiny minority? In this week’s CB2, I’ll break from the oil spill temporarily to present an issue that’s beenRead… Read more »
Video and audio are available for Tom Bruce’s presentation on Technical Principles for Law.gov, given 18 June 2010 at the Harvard Law.gov Workshop at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The video and audio are provided by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. The presentation focuses on five proposedRead… Read more »