Government agencies not only experience the budget squeeze, they feel mobility demands becoming ever more sophisticated increasing pressure from two sides: Their ecosystem increasingly uses mobile devices and demands for respective accommodation by the government, and, mobile devices and the productivity-enhancing apps that run on them become broadly affordable, a development sometimes dubbed as theRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobile, Apps, and Embedable Maps Bryan Yurcan reports that financial institutions are turning to social media to communicate with their customers during disasters, while Neal Ungerleider reports that the Navy is turning more and more to Google+ for its communications needs. FEMA, meanwhile, has released an app for use in preparation for andRead… Read more »
In response to my article Hiring Managers Are Shopping, I got this great question: “Thanks for this, Josh. I’ve been studying a great deal on the subject lately, and there really seems to be a consensus about the importance of networking. In light of that, my question may be a bit against the grain: doRead… Read more »
Today is my 30th birthday. Since everyone says it’s an important milestone I figured it would be appropriate to sit back and reflect on my career so far. On Appreciation I am grateful for many things at this point in my career but most of all I am grateful for having the opportunity to haveRead… Read more »
Day 24 Safety Meeting Today was the first Thursday of the month and that means safety meeting day! The whole public works staff attends the monthly safety meeting, and the topic today was backhoe safety. If I get a chance I’ll put up a post on it later this week because it was interesting andRead… Read more »
Veterans, As a recently retired Sergeant Major in the U.S. ARMY with over 31 Year of service I am priviledged and honored to continue to serve Veterans in their quest for employment. My mission in life is to share my knowledge and experiences with Veterans, and simply to help all Veterans GET EMPLOYED!!! If youRead… Read more »
If there were a key for ideas…maybe we would listen better. “We talk about innovation constantly, but step outside the chain of command and you get your hand slapped with the reminder that ‘You can’t understand the politics involved.’ The key to innovation is really believing that everyone has a worthwhile perspective — not sayingRead… Read more »
The profile for @DODASSMC reads: “The Army’s Director of Online and Social Media Division coordinates these monthly meetings for professional development and networking of DOD social media folks.” For the past two months, I’ve had the pleasure of addressing that group, and I’ve come to realize that it’s time for me to embrace (resurrect?) myRead… Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I was kind of bummed when NASA decided that the moon wasn’t cool enough to keep going to. I guess it’s like any vacation locale… you go enough times and it just loses it’s luster. NASA has said it is not focusing it’s efforts on landing on Mars. MarsRead… Read more »
TODAY’S FEC MEETING. The Federal Election Commission meets today and the meeting agenda is here. UNION SUPER PAC PURPOSE. The Hill. “AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Wednesday that the super PAC being set up by the labor federation will help unions earn their independence from political parties.” KEVIN RING IN THE NEWS. Commentary here. “IRead… Read more »