Career

Are You Impacted by BRAC and Wondering What To Do

A post by Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Strategist. Once it seemed so far away and so full of tough choices that it was easy to postpone decisions. But here your BRAC changes still are and the deadlines approach. What now? Step 1. What are you actually facing? Great job, moving to a distant location –Read… Read more »

Weekly Round-up May 20, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week, my mind turns to physics and questions of energy and matter. We Meter what Matters. When I talk about social media for government, I always try to address the question of metrics. Writing on FCW, Alan Joch takes the question head on in his article, “Metrics take the guesswork out ofRead… Read more »

Friday Fab Five: Vanishing Pensions, Sting Operations, and the Wisdom of Crowds

It’s time to “take 5” for the… Friday Fab 5! We had a busy week here on the site. Lots of great content and even more great comments! I wish we could recognize them all, but alas, we only have the time to highlight a few. So without further ado… Today’s Blog of the WeekRead… Read more »

Project Management Career Blues

Many of my readers and students are dealing with the situation we’ve all been in. They are in less-than-optimal positions or even unemployed, and trying to break into project management. It’s a tough situation, and even if I can’t give specific advice for your unique situation, there are many general guidelines for you. I writeRead… Read more »

Government officials, politicians address the Class of 2011

Originally posted on BeltWiki Blog from WhoRunsGov.com Universities take great care to land big-name commencement speakers. A celebrity, CEO or high-ranking public official can mean press exposure for the school, and graduates are more likely to suck up the “celebration sickness” that tends to spread in mid-May for the opportunity to shake hands with someoneRead… Read more »

Political law morning report for Friday, May 20, 2011

FEC MEETING. The agenda for next Thursday’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission is available here. SUPER PAC TEST. Roll Call reports that a new advisory opinion request has been filed. “Less than a week after Republicans said they would use federal lawmakers, candidates and party officials to raise unlimited money for an election advertisementRead… Read more »

DoD Releases Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned by the Military

It’s been about five years since the DoD-commissioned Open Technology Development Road Map was published, considered the definitive primer for smart government agencies and their personnel diving in to Open Source development, acquisition and operational policy-making. The next anxiously-awaited (well, not anxious but very much looked-forward to) installment – entitled “Open Technology Development: Lessons LearnedRead… Read more »

The Federal Coach: Timothy Wirth on Leadership: A Conversation with the UN Foundation President and Former U.S. Representative

Timothy E. Wirth has been the president of the United Nations Foundation since its inception in 1998. Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was deputy assistant secretary for education in the Nixon Administration. He is a former U.S. senator from Colorado and was also a memberRead… Read more »

The Case for Choosing Open Source Collaboration Technology

Tomorrow, Friday, May 20 at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time I will be interviewing Kurt Voelker, CTO with ForumOne, a digital communications firm based in Alexandria, Virginia on my Web Radio show ‘Collaboration TechTalk.” The topic will be “The Case for Choosing Open Source Collaboration Technology.” ForumOne provides internet strategy, online community and collaboration, user experienceRead… Read more »