“Don’t be too eager to move on; enjoy where you are in your career.” That’s advice I hear about a year ago from someone in my field. At the time, I thought it was lack of ambition. After all, good Americans are supposed to want more work and think of it all the time. Well…wrong.Read… Read more »
We saw the following graphic, made by Phillip Bump, at greentechSolar. The “boondoggles” are based on a New York Times article, in case you were wondering. It does kind of put the Solyndra investment-gone-bad into perspective. Original post
Had great discuss with my friend Owen Allen, SharePointDirections.com last night that help me remember and crystalized some the concepts and principles I remember putting together when I developed the IT Governance in the mid-90s at Microsoft as part of establishing an internal Enterprise Architecture Practice. Some of the points I was making back thenRead… Read more »
This morning I read an interesting report from IBM, Smarter, Faster, Cheaper, An Operations Efficiency Benchmarking Study of 100 American Cities. IBM provides a bleak report of local governments in the introduction, the authors state: According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), local governments in the United States are collectively facing a $225 billion structuralRead… Read more »
David Sloan Wilson’s Evolution For Everyone is a wonderful, important book on many levels. The book contains the story of a beginning evolutionary biologist’s stories of interesting fieldwork, then becoming an “Evolutionist,” expanding the study of evolution beyond biology, which creates a strain when a new field of study threatens many practitioners of older fieldsRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Jeff Webster reports. Earlier this month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled “Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – Improved Evaluations and Increased Coordination Could Improve Cell Phone Detection.” This report detailed the nation’s current state of cellular telephone detection and provided recommendations to curb this type of contraband in prisons.Read… Read more »
I know I find myself saying it – How is it already 6:00, where did the time go? Once I’ve cranked on some of my GovLoop tasks and ran a few wedding errands it’s already dinner time. If only there was a way to insert a “time out” (Zac Morris style) I’d be able toRead… Read more »
Please join us at GovDelivery’s event on Wednesday, October 19th, Social Media’s Role In Cost Effective Solutions. If you’re in the US, you’ve no doubt heard the discontent over Netflix, which describes itself as “the world’s leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows.” They gained prominence over Blockbuster as a DVD-by-mail serviceRead… Read more »
Typically we highlight our favorite folks on Twitter, but for this week’s Twitter Top 10 we thought it would be fun to call attention to the Twitter lists that include CEIL. We try to be active and engaging on Twitter — sharing news, information and resources — and we think our inclusion on the followingRead… Read more »
Guest post by Ana Tellez, a Senior Health Writer at CommunicateHealth. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in Communication & Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College where she is researching the intersection of technology design and health literacy. Greetings, Pulse + Signalers! This week the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is hosting its annual meeting inRead… Read more »