Yearly Archives: 2011

Shutdown: Some Govies Still Get Paid – Do You?

Great article from GovExec that explains quickly how pay could work: Pay for SomeBy Emily Long As a possible government shutdown approaches, so too does the possibility of federal employees being furloughed and stuck without a paycheck. But some government workers could continue to receive their salaries as usual if new legislation garners congressional support.Read… Read more »

Technology Firms at the DoDIIS Worldwide

As a former DoDIIS CTO, one of my favorite things at the yearly DoDIIS Worldwide Conference is the expo floor. Visiting the many vendors and government displays there is a great way to get a snapshot of available technology. Firms that show technology at DoDIIS bring capabilities that are ready to go now. And, forRead… Read more »

2011 Frozen Four Preview from the Hokie Guru, your Govloop Bureaucrat on Sports

Good evening from the Twin Cities, Govloopers. The clock is running out on the latest continuing resolution (the Guru rarely, well never links to the Washington Times, but this is a pretty good story). Make sure you stick around Govloop for all the latest coverage. Frozen Four Preview Two huge games much later today… let’sRead… Read more »

Recruitment 411: Don’t talk about it, tweet about it.

Thanks to Twitter, it’s as easy to keep up with your favorite celebrity as it is to stay in touch with your best friend. An estimated 200 million users send more than 65 million tweets every day. These days, if you want people to talk about it, you should tweet about it. Our Twitter approachRead… Read more »

Have You Hugged Your 9-1-1 Dispatcher This Week?

Okay, well that’s good. Wait until next week to do it! April 10 -16, 2011 is National Public Safety Telecommunications week here in the United States. This is a federally designated week set aside to recognize the efforts of the more than 500,000 men and women who serve as 9-1-1 operators or dispatchers or CommunicationsRead… Read more »

Popular Topic Ideas for Economics Essays

The selection of effective and good topics are some of the initial challenges faced by university students who have to write economics essays. However, the selection of good topics for an economics essay would not be difficult if those students knew and performed some basic research about economics. They could do some topic research fromRead… Read more »

Some thoughts on CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011

Here is a summary of my blog postings from CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011, a conference held in Sydney, 3 to 6 April 2011. The conference was organised by the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT), Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-Learning (ACODE). The involvement ofRead… Read more »

Are You Stuck at 95% Complete?

At the weekly status meeting, things seem to be progressing well. Several team members report some of their many tasks at 95% complete. They have had other priorities and have to focus on something else for awhile, but they are almost done. The Next Week Again, things seem to be going very well. Many moreRead… Read more »