The market’s relentless move higher continued as new highs were made on the S&P 500 every day last week. Earnings have been generally strong, except for Apple’s disappointment, and imagine the gains we may have seen in the indices if Apple was involved in this rally rather than tumbling and being the worst performing stockRead… Read more »
Space is limited to first 30 RSVPs. ELGL members receive priority registration. Interested in joining? Visit Join ELGL. Willamette Week Editor Mark Zusman – February 6, 2013 – Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego In an effort to encourage to carpooling to ELGL events, we will post a list of attendees to each event. We encourage youRead… Read more »
Federal Cloud Computing: The Definitive Guide for Cloud Service Providers offers an in-depth look at topics surrounding federal cloud computing within the federal government, including the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, Cloud Computing Standards, Security and Privacy, and Security Automation. You will learn the basics of the NIST risk management framework (RMF) with a specific focusRead… Read more »
I tapped out a quick guide to using RSS and using Google Reader during the week. I thought it might be useful to someone so I’ve re-hosted it on my personal Google docs area (I didn’t want to make a work Google doc public, I’m sure there’s no reason why not but just in case…)Read… Read more »
By BobGourley Gartner projects that by 2015, more than 30 percent of analytics projects will deliver insights based on structured and unstructured data. Sounds rational/logical/realistic to me. Sounds like the entire reason everyone in the federal space has been moving towards open source Apache Hadoop/CDH based solutions (including new interest in Impala) as a keyRead… Read more »
I go to a lot of meetings. Great facts, ideas, and instruction are routinely provided. I’m always amazed at how much is missed by the audience. Discussing with the presenter seldom adds much, and cuts down the time for presentation for everyone else. As a related model, when I read a blog, if I haveRead… Read more »
Tax season is hardly anyone’s favorite time of year, but corporations are being cautioned that it could soon be an even bigger source of frustration. This month, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) issued a letter warning that generally accepted business deductions, such as travel & entertainment spending, are possibly at risk as Congress worksRead… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop InsightsIssue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. OnRead… Read more »
The Postal Service has a money problem. A big one. And there aren’t simple solutions. The Government Accountability Office has looked at the problem and has made recommendations to Congress. Frank Todisco is the GAO’s Chief Actuary. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program what the real issue is for USPS. “USPS provides retireesRead… Read more »
After years of local government service and extensive personal observations of public officials I have listed below three comments that – newly elected or appointed -local public officials should never, ever make during a public meeting. These comments have absolutely no connection with the reality of local government. 1. Based on my experience … 2.Read… Read more »