I wish someone had told me this when I first started my career in the Federal government. Political Savvy Means When You Are Just Starting Out For those who are starting their career it is important for you to understand the importance of developing political savvy skills. It is important not to have a politicalRead… Read more »
The Australian Prime Minister has a two-stage plan for carbon pricing, starting with a fixed price three to five years before transitioning to an emissions trading scheme (announced 24 February 2011). The federal opposition response was to call this a “… great big new tax to create a great big new slush fund …”.The governmentRead… Read more »
Want to own a piece of Facebook or Twitter? There are plenty of scammers who would love to you sell you non-existent shares of well-known social media companies. Original post
TSA has been under fire since last year’s implementation of invasive security measures, now the debate continues with the use of the ‘Trusted Travelers’ Program. In the Washington Post article by Ashley Halsey III, ‘Panel urges TSA to implement ‘trusted travelers’ program’ The article discusses a report commissioned by the U.S. Travel Association. The reportRead… Read more »
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has finalized a partnership between the University of Massachusetts Human Stem Cell Bank and the United Kingdom Stem Cell bank. The partnership is designed to help both entities share best practices and collaborate on standards for stem cell line characterization, production and distribution throughout the US and UK. The UMass HumanRead… Read more »
How are race relations question was asked back in February. Tomorrow, St Patrick’s day, is a great example that we are living well together. Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil war – tomorrow many people regardless race, creed, color or gender will party as “The Irish” Many will dress up.Read… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” When someone in the communications industry refers to a “community manager,” they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. However, over the last few years, a new Community ManagerRead… Read more »
First off what is GovMadness: GovMadness is a crowdsourcing competition hosted on GovLoop to determine which gov’t city or federal agency is the most awesome via your votes. The competition is set up to replicate NCAA march madness. It’s pretty awesome and you can win stuff so you should probably participate. Every few days orRead… Read more »
ClearedJobs.Net HR Strategist Patra Frame talks about the importance of networking, how to build your network and the challenges facing those transitioning from the military to the civilian world.
I have been pondering what would happen to our digital content if I said to colleagues: ‘what would you do differently if you got a pound for every time your report was downloaded; someone visited the landing page, or said they had followed one of your’ recommendations? As soon as I have said this toRead… Read more »