An organizational meeting for UniversalCitation.org will be held 25 July 2011, at the Rutgers Camden Law School. UniversalCitation.org is a new, U.S.-based effort to urge governments to adopt non-proprietary legal citation standards, and to create new technologies that process and output non-proprietary legal citation information. According to the project’s Website, the organizers of this effortRead… Read more »
There’s always a lot of talk on GovLoop about attracting and retaining young talent in government. Obviously, there are things like paying more and making the hiring process simpler, but another big part of getting young people to take an active role in their government is educating them about the importance at an early age.Read… Read more »
Thanks to its Züm bus rapid transit line, Brampton Transit’s (ON) ridership reached an all-time high last year. The BRT route runs mostly in mixed traffic, but signal priority helps keep the vehicles on time. And, if buses are running late, customers can access real-time information at all terminals and station stops, as well asRead… Read more »
We’re glad to share this announcement from Amanda Jones of the Health Equity Movement: “The new National Institutes of Health publication, Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition updates and expands the 1997 booklet published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (http://www.cdc.gov/phppo/pce/). The executive summaryRead… Read more »
Join us on Wednesday, 27 July for a deliberation in Second Life! This is part of a continuing discussion we’re having on the topic Economic Security: How Should We Take Charge of Our Future? The program is cosponsored with the Center for Voter Original post
Excellent service is important to all of us. It measures our success as professionals. It certainly influences our decision to be a customer. So how do we make sure it’s happening when each person could have a different interpretation of what “great customer service” actually means? You’ve all heard me talk about The Six EssentialRead… Read more »
Networking should be fun, like eating chocolate. Here are a few hints. Jay 1) Job Shadowing — Imagine you’re interested in taking a job in another office at your agency. But you’d like to test the waters before you make the big leap. Shadowing the leaders in that office is a great way to learnRead… Read more »
My thanks again to Jeff Porter for sharing his insights on our June 30 Collaboration TechTalk Show “Web Radio and Podcast Options” (available as a podcast via this BlogTalkRadio link). Jeff is owner of Ausmerica Business Development Network www.ausmerica.com and Management Analyst with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. He also helps independent authors publish AudiobooksRead… Read more »
The 2011 AALL Annual Meeting is underway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the city is broiling hot with the temperature hitting over the 100 degree mark. There is so much beauty and history in Philly. All you have to do is walk out the door of your hotel and there it is. Even in the swelteringRead… Read more »
Is this how government employees are viewed? Well, this is what I see every day when I get home from work. This is hopefully not the norm, but it does reflect poorly on all of us. We need to be better. We are public servants – that’s right, we serve the public with the moneyRead… Read more »