Yearly Archives: 2013

How to Improve your Scores on the Federal Employees Viewpoint Survey

Thought you might be interested in this article I wrote regarding how to improve your scores on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey: The results of the latest government-wide Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey have been released. Over 687,000 federal employees completed the FEVS survey, and according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (PDF): The 2012Read… Read more »

Did the SOTU Usher in a New Cybersecurity Frontier?

The President unveiled his long awaited Executive Order to improve the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure during the State of the Union. It’s the first step in creating a more structured and standardized cybersecurity response. But how will it actually work? And will industry be able to work alongside government? Trey Hodgkins is the Vice PresidentRead… Read more »

Emerging Trends in Innovation and Social Media: Identity Management, Part I

So far in this series, I’ve written about mobile technology, connected sensors, 3D Printing (which I called Products-on-Demand or PonD), and Advanced Sharing. Each of these is important, but the capstone, what will act as a force-multiplier for each, is a better understanding of and method for identity management. Think about an average week forRead… Read more »

A Tale of Two Subject Lines

by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing I noticed an interesting juxtaposition of subject lines in my (overflowing) email in-box today. Early in the day, I saw this message from Defense Systems: DISA collaboration tool doubling its capacity The top story was summarized as follows: “The enterprise collaboration tool known as Defense Connect Online is aboutRead… Read more »

A Tale of Two Subject Lines

by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing I noticed an interesting juxtaposition of subject lines in my (overflowing) email in-box today. Early in the day, I saw this message from Defense Systems: DISA collaboration tool doubling its capacity The top story was summarized as follows: “The enterprise collaboration tool known as Defense Connect Online is aboutRead… Read more »

Avaya TechTalk podcast 007: The City of Taylor

By Guy Clinch Now Playing: Avaya TechTalk 007: The City of Taylor – Originally posted on Avaya.com Listen now! Introduction: Avaya Tech Talk host Guy Clinch interviews Charlie Mitchell, account manager at SunTel. SunTel Services has been meeting the communication needs of commercial clients in Michigan since 1986. They provide complete life-cycle services for voice,Read… Read more »

Thursday Thoughts: Dogs That Hunt

I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »

Denver’s Mayor Shows How To Strategically Manage A City

Michael Hancock was elected Mayor of Denver Colorado in 2011. Hancock has established a vision of creating a world-class city where everyone matters by focusing on three priorities for his administration: kids, jobs and a safety net for the less fortunate. To achieve success Mayor Hancock has developed a Peak Performance initiative. The goal ofRead… Read more »

1099R Statements, Replacement Copies, & Upcoming Changes

My 1099R arrived from OPM this week and annuitants should have also received their Notice of Annuity Adjustments, Form R1 20-53 (REV. 12/12), that outlines your new 2013 status and payments. The annuity adjustment statement includes the 1.7% COLA increase and lists any changes to your insurance and elective payments. Each year we receive manyRead… Read more »

Offender 360: Illinois Reforms State Criminal Justice System With Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, WA) — Today the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) and Microsoft Corp. announced the successful implementation of the Offender-360 project, a cloud-based criminal justice information system built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. The solution directly supports legislation signed by Gov. Pat Quinn that aims to improve Illinois public safety and criminal justiceRead… Read more »