Yearly Archives: 2011

Phone Tips & Tricks: Top 5 Ways to Utilize Your Smartphone During the Holiday Season

The Phone Tips & Tricks series is supported by the Sprint Federal Employee Discount Program. To find awesome discounts visit the Sprint Federal Employee Discount resource center today. The holiday season is in full swing, and while it’s a great time of year, it can also be a stressful one! There’s a ton of shopping,Read… Read more »

INEAP: Bringing Agencies Together for Small Business

We have all heard the phrase, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” In the case of the Interagency Network of Enterprise Assistance Providers (INEAP), “winning” is defined as creating successful partnerships working for the benefit of small businesses in the United States. INEAP was created to foster collaboration among the sometimes-viewed-as-disparate federal agencies andRead… Read more »

Congress likely to partially restore eGov funding

From the article: Transparency advocates claimed a partial victory in the inclusion of $12.4 million for the flagship Electronic Government Fund in the omnibus spending package that is going before Congress for a vote on Dec. 16. The eGov fund pays for high-profile open government and innovation initiatives including Data.gov, Federal IT Dashboard, Challenge.gov andRead… Read more »

Badges

I was in a meeting yesterday where I heard, “Well you’re the only one with skills to do that. The rest of us came up in corporate environments.” Lesson: The skills we develop are appropriate for our current environment. In Reamde, I remember two telling realizations. Zula, the refugee niece, understood that looking good byRead… Read more »

Should the Public Sector have it’s own “M” model?

CRM, BPM, KM, ECM. These are the abbreviations of new electronic management or “M” models that have emerged with the growth of the Internet. They relate to the management of traditional business practices ranging from customer relations to knowledge to business assets that are now enabled electronically through the Web and complimentary devices. Their useRead… Read more »

Stumbled Upon Treasures

The Santa Cruz Museum’s Carranza Collection I am a huge museum nerd. Well, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since I work in an art museum! I love finding small, sometimes off the beaten path, museums. While walking around Toledo, Spain last summer I came upon the Santa Cruz Museum. Much like ourRead… Read more »

Recommended PMP Exam Prep Video:How to prepare for your PMP Exam. Step 1: Assess Your Eligibility

This FREE video:http://bit.ly/pmpstep1 will give an overview of how you can determine your eligibility to take the PMP Certification Exam with regards to your training and experience. It covers PMI’s requirements such as educational background, project management experience and project management education for you to be able to take the exam. Learn and enjoy! OriginalRead… Read more »

LA-RICS project and construction management RFP

Deltek Analyst Luke Harris reports. In November, the widely-anticipated LA-RICS project request for proposals (RFP) was released, and on December 6, Los Angeles County, Calif., released an associated RFP for project and construction management services. The RFP seeks a vendor to manage the LA-RICS project in accordance with the highest professional standards. The consultant isRead… Read more »

Upcoming: Digital Health Communications Extravaganza!

What do you get when you combine experts/thought leaders in the innovative spaces of health communications, a generous helping of research/public health practitioners and a sunny Florida? Why, you get the Digital Health Communications Extravaganza of course! Put together by my friend and colleague Jay Bernhardt (who I’ve interviewed before at a conference he putRead… Read more »