The National Inventory of Legal Materials: A Call to Action is now available; per @evwayne, it “offers guidance and suggestions for creating the inventory,” which is a component of the Law.gov legal open government data project. Click here to learn more about the National Inventory. Click here to learn more about the Law.gov project.
Kevin Kelly is one of those old-time Internet institutions. He’s the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. His Cool Tools blog is one I follow regularly through the RSS feed. I was recently referred, however, to his Technium blog and the post “The Game-ified Life”. InRead… Read more »
While I have known about this partnership for a while it was great to see INgage Networks and Michigan State University announce their partnership yesterday. I asked Kim Kobza, CEO of INgage Networks, how the projects will be selected and how they will decide success, here is what he shared: “As part of our agreementRead… Read more »
GovLoop is more than a website, more than a social network…it truly is a community. And as a community, we’ve launched an Acquisitions 2.0 movement, created radio shows, given over $20,000 to charity via Kiva, helped kids with diabetes through the AwesomeGov Fund, and helped put people in jobs. And when someone in the communityRead… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner Recent testimony by Steve Schooner, co-director of The George Washington University’s Government Procurement Law Program, and others before the House Armed Services Committee’s Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, helped paint the picture and made valid points about how the media portrays the federal acquisition environment and the current state it is in.Read… Read more »
Today, we have a special Member of the Week – David Broadwell. He is a former USGS employee and GovLoop member whose wife Antonia was diagnosed with an extremely rare, high grade cancer just eight months after giving birth to triplets. David has been very courageous and turned to the community to fulfill their wishRead… Read more »
The $66 million dollars pledged by local Federal workers broke CFCNCA fundraising records. The Washington Post and the Federal Times covered the announcement that the campaign exceeded the 2009 fundraising goal of $64 million by $2 million dollars. A special thank you ran on page 5 of the February 23 edition of the Washington PostRead… Read more »
The U.S. Postal Service issued a worst-case scenario cry for help on Tuesday, anticipating $238 billion in losses in the next 10 years if lawmakers, postal regulators and unions don’t give the mail agency more flexibility in setting delivery schedules, price increases and labor costs. The estimates released Tuesday also predict that letter carriers willRead… Read more »
Linchpin So I read Seth Godin’g book Linchpin the other day. If you haven’t read it, you should. If you haven’t read his other books like “The Dip” or “Tribes”, you should. Here’s my thoughts from the book -Seth uses Linchpin almost like the word change agent. This is someone who is indenspinsable as theyRead… Read more »
Happy Tuesday! Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has reorganized the Pentagon’s line of succession, reverting back to a pre-Rumsfeld pecking order that emphasizes civilian service chiefs and adds new positions. President Obama issued an executive order Monday that restocks the order this way in the event that Gates dies or is otherwise unable to serve:Read… Read more »