The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential offered by PMI is a great asset for any project manager. It is a sign that you understand the roles and responsibilities of a project manager, and have the experience and expertise required to do your job well. As well as being practically useful for your day job, theRead… Read more »
Writing secure code is absolutely critical. It requires training, experience, education and process. In the modern world software gets very complex, and doing it securely requires a scientific approach. A discipline has arose to meet this need. In this discipline a handful of heros have arose. With this post I’d like to focus on oneRead… Read more »
As a way to spend a Saturday I should really spend with my family and doing chores, attending the Bridging the Gap Think Tank wasn’t too bad an option. Sure, family is (almost) always better, but I’m passionate about this stuff. I was surprised to find there was a rather heavier presence of government folkRead… Read more »
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is launching the third annual Feds Feed Families campaign, starting June 1 and running through August 31. This year’s goal is to collect 2 milion pounds of non-perishable goods for the nation’s food banks. I hope that everyone will join in this campaign, even our state and local comrades.Read… Read more »
As with many things in life, I learned the hard way about the importance of having a complete solution in IT. My first task as an IT director was to find a way to maintain the very particular data my agency needed. We developed housing with taxpayers’ money. We needed to know where that housingRead… Read more »
This article on participatory budgeting (PB) by Daniel Altschuler and Josh Lerner appeared in the Christian Science Monitor site on April 5, 2011. Intro text for the article: “In recent weeks, Americans have watched budget battles tear apart Congress and state governments. This may be just the beginning.” See the original article with all liveRead… Read more »
“Humble” was one of the three words I used when introducing myself at the Omidyar Network Executive Forum this week, but at the time I did not know how truly humble I would feel by the end of the event. The ONEF is a three day retreat for Omidyar’s investees (they make grants to non-profitsRead… Read more »
FYI only The Weekly Spark – Week of May 20, 2011 Following are the titles and links of items posted online in The Weekly SPARK, May 20, 2011, published and e-distributed FYI by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. The complete text of this abbreviated FYI posting is available at the SPRC website at http://www.sprc.org/news/index.asp ~~~~Read… Read more »
What do you think of when you read the company name HP? I instantly think of the little garage that launched a company and became a metaphor for most all American innovation (check out the HP garage here). HP has grown far beyond that little garage and is now a powerhouse provider of hardware, servicesRead… Read more »
Recently I had the privilege of presenting at the Training Officer’s Consortia (TOC) Annual Institute – Making Training Sweet in Hershey, Pennsylvania and I want to share my experience with you. The Institute kicked off with a presentation from Kathryn Medina with OPM. Kathryn’s keynote address highlighted how critical it is that the next generationsRead… Read more »