Measuring Social Media Sophistication: The SMQ Quiz (Revised)
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Yearly Archives: 2011
Change in our Affiliate Program
On Monday, December 5 2011, we will be moving all our PMP Exam Prep Products and PDU Products from Premiumcast to Nanacast. This move is necessary, because Premiumcast is closing down soon and only by migrating over to Nanacast will we be able to continue offering our affiliate program to you. The good news isRead… Read more »
More Data on Feds Use of Social Media
The study, Social Media in the Public Sector, created by Market Connections, continues to yield interesting data. We’ve previously talked about the increasing use of mobile devices in the federal government, and many of us know just how much overall use of social media has expanded over the last year, but now we’re finding outRead… Read more »
6 Contractor Responsibilities Post Award
Your GSA contract has been awarded and now you can relax right? Sorry to disappoint you but the answer is no, you still have more work to do. Hopefully you have had contact or least know your point of contact (Contract Specialist) if you have questions about your contract, if not it is best thatRead… Read more »
Wednesday’s political law links for Nov. 2nd
CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL UPDATE. USAT. “Four years after Congress imposed restrictions on travel funded by outside groups, federal lawmakers are frequent fliers again, taking 415 privately funded trips between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 — a nearly 75% jump in the number of trips they took during the same period in 2010, records show.” COMPLIANCE ISSUES.Read… Read more »
Ride On adds real-time info
Montgomery County’s Ride On (MD) is testing a system that lets riders track the location of their bus on an online map. Original post
Port of Kingston ferry joins ORCA system
In an effort to increase ridership, the Port of Kingston Soundrunner Ferry (WA) began accepting ORCA smart cards this week. Original post
Taking care of ourselves, other people and our world
We’ve invited James Togut from The Good Life For All to guest blog for us as the winner of the best idea for the “Help People Help Each Other” Challenge in our Competition (if you were thinking the competition is over, think again, we’ve now launched the second half which is for designers and developersRead… Read more »
DC/SLA Chapter and Military Libraries Group Event: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Floods – Who Knew? Disaster Planning & Information Facilities
As seen on the DC/SL listserv: Join the DC/SLA Chapter and Military Libraries Group for an interesting evening of expert information and advice on Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 Register now! The way things are going, you just never know when you will need your Disaster Plan. Members cost (includes DC/SLA, DCLA, LLSDC, ASIST) – $15;Read… Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 64
Day 64 Culvert Lining Project Today was somewhat of a continuation of the issues that started yesterday with our culvert project. Tomorrow I am meeting with the contractor and giving him the detailed structural design that we received today from our consultant. The contractor will have to determine if the work shown was what heRead… Read more »