Yearly Archives: 2012

Recommendations For Improving County Government

The League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara sponsored a forum titled Who Needs County Government and Why? The four speakers were: Dr. Joseph Stefko, Director of Public Finance, Center for Government Research, Rochester, NY James Magavern, Esq. Brenda McDuffie, Executive Director, Buffalo Urban League Kenneth Vetter, Executive Director, Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority ARead… Read more »

What I’ve been reading

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. cpsrenewal.ca by Nick Charney: Mapping Internal Policy to the Hype Cycle – “I’ve been thinking a lot this week about how organizations issue policies to govern the use of new and emerging technologies.” The BBC Micro can still teach us a lot – “The BBCRead… Read more »

Stereotypes

Colleagues, Like many of you, I’ve been following the news, reactions and comments about the recent murder of Trevon Martin, the Florida teen who was murderdered while walking in the “wrong” neighborhood at the “wrong” time. While I have no particular agenda (I’m a single white male baby boomer), I can’t help but weep forRead… Read more »

TSP Talk – Dip in Stocks

Stocks saw modest losses last week, but the upside trends remain intact. We’re entering earnings warnings season so next week, the last week in March, tends to be a little bumpy. For the TSP, the C-fund lost 0.49% last week, the S-fund dropped 0.42%, the I-fund fell 1.48%, while the F-fund (bonds) added 0.22% andRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— Activity / Duration / PredecessorA / 2 / StartB / 4 / A,EC / 6 / AD / 3 / B,CE / 7 / StartF / 2 / E WhatRead… Read more »

United States Congress Permanent Joint Committee on Information Technology

The United States Congress Permanent Joint Committee on Information Technology does not exist, yet. But a growing group of national security and technology thinkers are considering the pros and cons of a Joint Committee like this and with this post I would like to encourage you to think through the concept yourself. First, some backgroundRead… Read more »