by Sophicity Is technology a part of your city’s long term vision? If not, it should be. While most cities have long term plans for economic development or infrastructure improvement, the prevailing thinking is that IT planning only covers short-term immediate needs that don’t go beyond the next budget cycle. However, such planning is reactionaryRead… Read more »
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor Federal News Radio Good news came out of this month’s Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board meeting, including news about how and when you might be able to contribute to your TSP account in the future. Tom Trabucco is director of external affairs for the Board and explains. Hear the entireRead… Read more »
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor Federal News Radio Can the federal government be doing more to save money and energy? Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. He said his committee will start off by holdingRead… Read more »
By Suzanne Kubota Senior Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio.com Federal workers and contractors in Haiti are calling on lessons-learned from Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami as they deliver relief. While each response is different, they all have things in common. “It is the same everywhere: response, recovery, mitigation, and then you’re planning for future disasters.”Read… Read more »
Announcing the first ever Big Book Swap – a unique charity event which allows participants to share their passion for reading whilst contributing to The Pelican Post, an amazing organisation which aids literacy in developing countries by providing a quick and easy way for people to send children’s books to schools in Africa. This eventRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Earnings Nerves The fourth quarter earnings reports started to drip out last week, and while we had a clunker or two, for the most part they were pretty good; yet the market seemed jittery as we saw a “sell the news” reaction on Friday. Volume wasRead… Read more »
I try to smile a lot. I didn’t used to. In college, I was that philosophy guy who was really serious and deep and looked depressed. I thought it was cool and mysterious and everyone would be attracted to the cool, mysterious guy (especially women). It wasn’t that successful. I think that’s because people wantRead… Read more »
This weekend, I participated in the Science Online 2010 conference at the Research Triangle in North Carolina, at the request of Karen James of the HMS Beagle Project. We connected on Twitter. She works in the UK. I work in DC. We met for the first time in North Carolina. Pretty cool, huh! Our panelRead… Read more »
From the Government Business Examiner by Donna L. Quesinberry “Network for Good” Quick Links to Most Popular Organizations http://www.networkforgood.org/ “Network for Good” is a great source for additional information and opportunities to support organizations providing Haiti earthquake relief. American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ Doctors Without Borders http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Operation USA http://www.opusa.org/ Americares http://www.americares.org/ International Medical Corps http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=183Read… Read more »
In her book, Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation by Rosa Parks, she shared several examples of people who served as role models. One was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She recalled his influence in these words… “Martin Luther King Jr. set a profound exampleRead… Read more »