TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011 EXCERPTS FROM THE ‘SPRC’ WEEKLY SPARK 7,28,11 I’ve posted the July 28, 2011 issue of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Weekly SPARK newsletter to my BLOG ‘Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business’ located at: http://suicideprev.blogspot.com/ The Weekly Spark website occasionally includes their recommendation to “send a copy to a friend.” Please doRead… Read more »
Crucial Point is part of the FulcrumIT team, which supports the JDISS program office (JPMO) in Suitland, MD. Crucial Point support to this team has resulted in lots of positive feedback for our company’s ability, hard work and mission-focus. Client satisfaction and our ability to exceed requirements is now fueling more growth. We are hiringRead… Read more »
David Moore of the Participatory Politics Foundation (PPF) — and a member of our community — discusses the technology, principles, and development of OpenGovernment.org — his new free, open, citizen engagement and transparency service for U.S. state legislation — in my new post at Slaw.ca, entitled “Sites of Real Engagement”: OpenGovernment.org Opens Up State Legislation.Read… Read more »
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. I don’t know about you, but I have a big thing for apps. These days you can find an app for pretty much anything out there, whichRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. As reported in this morning’s Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County announced its estimated $700 million Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) project is in jeopardy. Patrick Mallon, the project’s executive director, announced yesterday that, to comply with various California codes, the project should have been divided into three separate contracts:Read… Read more »
Are you familiar with last year’s Old Spice ad campaign? They featured a formed NFL player and were hilarious. Here’s one of my favorites for context: The true social media genius, though, was that they invited people to tweet requests to him, and then they shot short video responses. In each one, he reads theRead… Read more »
Networking and Continuous Learning at Job Fairs. What was I doing trolling the Recruit Military Opportunity Expo? It never hurts to see what is out there and to network. For me, I had a different plan, but the networking is always a good idea. I’m always open to new opportunities. You never know when aRead… Read more »
3:55 p.m. That’s all she wrote, folks. Thanks for reading. Closing remarks by Steve and Dave are going down now, but the live blogging portion of this conference is now over. I think it’s fair to say NextGen 2011 was awesomely successful, and on behalf of everyone at GovLoop, we hope we’ll see lots moreRead… Read more »
Since technology appears simple to operation the assumption is that it’s simple to build and manage. What isn’t seen by end-users today is all the complexity behind a product or service. The consequences of operationally mature, technically naïve stakeholders and end-users are having to justify investments in information technology. While it’s not unreasonable to askRead… Read more »
Since technology appears simple to operation the assumption is that it’s simple to build and manage. What isn’t seen by end-users today is all the complexity behind a product or service. The consequences of operationally mature, technically naïve stakeholders and end-users are having to justify investments in information technology. While it’s not unreasonable to askRead… Read more »