Career

HR=Humans Represent: Free Me From This Prison

I’m always interested in hearing recruitment statistics, and after reading a Pew Center On The States Press Release, I thought this blog would be a great follow up to my Sep 13th posting – Get out of Jail Green Ticket. Here’s the impact of incarceration for job seekers, their families, and for the government: ·Read… Read more »

‘Government Doesn’t Suck’ march planned

Amid growing dissatisfaction with federal employees, a group of younger, web-savvy feds plan are planning to march on Saturday in defense of their coworkers on the sidelines of Jon Stewart‘s “Rally to Restore Sanity.” Organizers of the “Government Doesn’t Suck March” (their choice of words, not ours) were inspired in part by last week’s WashingtonRead… Read more »

Executing Requirements Is Not A Zero Sum Game

As government watchdog groups continue to focus on ways to reform the acquisition process and create greater transparency, the issue of requirements seems to be a common denominator for many examples of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal procurement. Dr. Steve Kelman wrote on his Federal Computer Week blog The Lectern about approaching the issueRead… Read more »

Call for Applications: Yale Information Society Project Fellowships, 2011-2012

Applications — with submission deadline of 1 January 2011 — are invited for fellowships during the 2011-2012 academic year, at the Yale Information Society Project, at the Yale Law School, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Applications are invited for two types of fellowship: The Yale ISP resident fellowship: “The Yale ISP resident fellowship is designedRead… Read more »

Call for Applications: Berkman Center Fellowships 2011-2012

Applications are invited for fellowships during the 2011-2012 academic year at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Applications are invited for two types of fellowship: An “academic fellowship for rising early-to-mid career academics”: “The academic fellowship is intended for a rising scholar who will use the periodRead… Read more »

The Scoop on the New Rules for Woman-Owned Small Businesses

Small business administration has been very active these days. They have been issuing rulings left and right and coming down like a ton of bricks on long-established business practices. By the way, GTSI is back to working for the government but they cannot continue subbing to small businesses the way they were doing it. OneRead… Read more »

Weekly Round-up: October 22, 2010

Gadi Ben-Yehuda You have a friend request from DHS! Federal Computer Week is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security encouraged its employees to friend or follow applicants for citizenship. John Kamensky Front Row Seat in ROWE. Have you ever wondered what it actually means to implement a “Results-Only Work Environment?” The Office of PersonnelRead… Read more »

NARA Guidance on Managing Records in Web 2.0/Social Media Platforms

Did people see this? Thoughts? NARA Bulletin 2011-02 October 20, 2010 TO: Heads of Federal Agencies SUBJECT: NARA Guidance on Managing Records in Web 2.0/Social Media Platforms EXPIRATION DATE: October 31, 2013 1. What is the purpose of this bulletin? This bulletin provides guidance on managing records produced when Federal agencies use web 2.0/social mediaRead… Read more »