Transparency Advocates React to U.S. Open Government Action Plan (by techPresident) “President Barack Obama on Tuesday led the public unveiling of national open government action plans from the eight countries participating in the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral coalition on openness and transparency.” Find out what some advocates have said about it. September 2011 MunicipalRead… Read more »
Yesterday I started preparing to archive materials, as I’m coming close to the end of another series of projects. Two years of work has yielded 1gig of data. Granted, there is going to be a lot of redundancy as I typically save major versions of work. If I reduce that down, to a quarter, thatRead… Read more »
Developing effective and meaningful training simulations takes knowledge, an understanding of the learning process, as well as a keen eye for detail. Since all training simulations and serious games have different objectives, knowing what elements to include and how to present the material to the learner in the serious games is critical. In addition, 3DRead… Read more »
I recently posted an article that should interest people on GovLoop. It is a prepublication draft of an article that appears in an academic journal: http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/promoting_oss_in_government.html A posting on my company’s site explains more: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/promoting-open-source-software.html Andy
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— You are managing a software development project. Your project team has developed a software product with many features but poorly organized documentation. Which of the following is correct in thisRead… Read more »
Its FRIDAY, FRIDAY, Everybody’s looking forward to the weekend! If you have not yet seen Stephen Colbert cover this song you should. Since it is Friday, it means another installment of Paul’s Fab Five Pick! 1. Blog of the Week: Summer has neared the end and featured blogger John Bordeaux discusses the roles of metaphorsRead… Read more »
Florida is facing an investigation of its broadband expansion plan. The federal government has suspended a $30.1 million grant award to the North Florida Broadband Authority amidst allegations of poor supervision of the project and waste. Work has already been stopped on the project which was set to bring high-speed broadband to 14 Florida counties.Read… Read more »
Listen to an exclusive podcast, compliments of the Human Capital Management Federal (HCMF) Conference The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is called the congressional watchdog for a reason: the organization investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. To achieve that goal, the GAO must employ and retain the best talent through strategic hiring practices.Read… Read more »
Here is a brief list of some of the interesting sustainability news articles from this week: Growth slows in U.S. ethanol production and consumption NREL partners take technology to market EIA projects world energy use to increase 53 percent by 2035; China and India account for half of the total growth EPA advancing clean upRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda First, a hearty congratulations to Steve Ressler, aka Mr. GovLoop, on his impending nuptials. Here is a blog post for people to wish him well and offer advice on being a married man. Open Government Community Chides DC. The municipal government of Washington, DC, suspended, and then reinstated the Twitter feed of DCRead… Read more »