Originally post at Federal Communicators Network. Sign up for their newsletter! It’s free and it will make you more popular. I’d like to introduce you to someone: your agency’s Congressional Liaison. She might have any of a variety of phrases in her title, such as “Legislative Specialist” or “Intergovernmental Affairs,” but I’ll just call herRead… Read more »
Happy Monday: It’s Telework Week here on the DorobekINSIDER. Each day we will follow one or two trendsetters in telework. On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: All week the DorobekINSIDER will be talking about telework. Last month Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer outlawed telework at her company. The reaction to the news was swift on both sides. WithRead… Read more »
As a Puerto Rican, I’m really interested in trends in mobile and internet usage among Latinos. They are remarkably high, outpacing the US population in several areas. Clearly many of these Latinos were immigrants in the not too distant past, supporting the argument to do more with mobile presented in our next blog installment onRead… Read more »
Purposes, Personas, Conversations – Practical Techniques for Everything You Create April 15, 2013 – 7:00 PM – Pittsburgh, PA One of the most important contributions of technical writing has been the realization that everything we write is part of a conversation between author and reader. And as we have all moved from paper to screen,Read… Read more »
“Is the Government Still Hiring?” Most job seekers are worried that, with budget cuts and sequestration, the federal government isn’t even hiring. But that isn’t true. Lily Whiteman is the author of the book, “How to Land a Top Paying Federal Job.” She told Chris Dorobek that, “the federal government is the country’s largest employerRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley I received the following request for help in finding a CTO in email today: DHS is recruiting for a Chief Technology Officer. This SES position reports directly to the CIO. Please see below for more information and the link to the vacancy announcement. This position serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Read… Read more »
All week the DorobekINSIDER will be talking about telework. Last month Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer outlawed telework at her company. The reaction to the news was swift on both sides. With some opponents calling the decision an attack on working mothers. But John Sullivan a Professor of Management at San Francisco State University says Mayer’sRead… Read more »
By Marcus Williams This post summarizes Cleversafe’s Whitepaper “Why RAID is Dead for Big Data Storage”. You can find the paper here. Find Cleversafe on the web, here.http://info.cleversafe.com/rs/cleversafe/images/Cleversafe%20-%20Why%20RAID%20is%20Dead%20for%20Big%20Data%20Storage.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqjMZKXonjHpfsX56u0qWKeylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMFhI%2FqLAzICFpZo2FFbFuWDeZJT%2B%2FNY“> IT professionals are beginning to consider different approaches to storing and maintaining terabytes of data. Digital content such as videos, audio, and images require massive amounts ofRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
The sequester continues to affect a myriad of agencies, many of which have already been suffering from being under-funded and under-staffed. One such agency has been the National Archives. Last week, the National Archives announced significant cuts to its hours of operation. Archives I in Washington D.C. will end exhibit hours at 5:30pm instead ofRead… Read more »