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 effort are Tom Bruce of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School — and a memberRead… Read more »
This post was co-written by GovLoop’s own Joseph Porcelli and Lauri Stevens. You’ve likely seen the pictures and videos from Vancouver: the looting, the beatings, the couple kissing. And how can we forget the videos of the few courageous citizens who, in the midst of the violence and chaos, stood up for their community? AfterRead… Read more »
FPMI has great training classes on Telework that will help those who take secure / nonsecure work home or to other remote sites. Check out their website in the Fall – that’s when they will be offering classes – even a short webinar. Current legislation mandates telework training for teleworkers and telesupervisors – this isRead… Read more »
The “article” is a bit misleading. The President said he will reduce/eliminate duplicate government websites. What is so bad about that? Seems like it will make things easier for John Q public. He also said he is going to shrink the size of the federal register. Again, what is so bad about that? Hasn’t previousRead… Read more »
I hear this a lot: “I only do FFP, so I don’t need to know cost reimbursement contracts”. When I hear that, my stomach turns over. You may not need to know that now, but you don’t know where you’ll be in the future. (Plus I just like learning). I wouldn’t want to work forRead… Read more »
Sponsored by PACE-Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement “Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/549873707 Please join us for this PACE webinar featuring our friend and colleague Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium. How can online tools help you engage citizens in public decision-making and problem-solving? What are the most common mistakesRead… Read more »
Robert Baker from SSA was recently a guest blogger on the Accessibility Forum 2.0 blog, talking about the new Accessibility Best Practice Library and encouraging agencies to contribute. You can see his post below. The CIO Council Accessibility Committee has just published the Accessibility Best Practices Library. The library is the first deliverable created byRead… Read more »
The following job posting can be found on the MaRS website here. So here’s a job for an open data advocate living in, or willing to move to, Toronto. For the right person with the right vision, this could be about getting a group of organizations to open up their data to drive innovation andRead… Read more »
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Mission Essential Personnel is attending the RecruitMilitary.com Veteran Opportunity Expo in Columbus, OH on Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 11:00am – 3:00pm. For more information about the Opportunity Expo (including driving directions), click here.