The next time your blood boils when you see employees browsing Facebook on the job or scrambling to purchase hockey tickets on Craigslist…relax. You’ll never believe what a recent article in TrainingIndustry.com stated: According to the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne: “Workers who engage in workplace Internet leisure browsing areRead… Read more »
By Doug Krueger, Blue Coat Federal Originally published on the BluePrint blog It’s hard to believe that 2011 is coming to an end and that we are ramping up for the New Year. Around this time of year, our favorite publications are full of their predictions and while they are interesting to read, this yearRead… Read more »
On Tuesday, (12/6), GovLoop and Esri hosted a training webinar on “How GIS Can Improve Citizen Engagement.” During the training we discussed how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used as platforms for Government 2.0. Throughout the training we explored specific examples of how this technology can increase citizen engagement. Below please find key resourcesRead… Read more »
There’s big news in the PR industry as the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recently announced that they are embarking on an international effort to modernize the definition of public relations. Chartered in 1947, PRSA is the world’s largest and foremost organization of public relations professionals and boasts a community of more than 21,000Read… Read more »
The last chapter of the book on our life has not been written yet. We may feel that it won’t be turning out as we had hoped or expected. While we were working – the world changed! The Internet has evolved and many roles which were staffed before are on-line now; Processes which had requiredRead… Read more »
Call it round 2. Call it an explosion of sheer frustration. Call it what you want. Here’s my top 10 things which are irritating the hell out of me this week on social media and Twitter specifically. If you do these things, you’ll probably get away with one or two. Do all of them, andRead… Read more »
12/5/2011 Chantilly, VA – Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP) announced today it has established a new multi-million credit facility with Bank of America that will provide MEP with additional operating liquidity and capital for strategic acquisitions and investments. MEP Chief Financial Officer Michael Jakobowski said, “The establishment of this facility will support MEP’s global operationsRead… Read more »
Back in September, the GEICO Gecko ventured out of his GEICO office to set out on a journey across America to help people save money on car insurance. Our little green friend has been quite the traveler so far! We’ve seen on tv as he’s visited New York and Texas, but where else has hisRead… Read more »
In the current state of budgets cuts and increasing demands for high-quality services, productivity has become a crucial element of organizational success. How will agencies meet the demands of the current fiscal environment while sustaining the level of performance necessary to enable mission effectiveness? We’ve heard about citizen engagement and how effective it can beRead… Read more »
On Monday, December 5, Bob Gourley went on the Enterprise CIO Forum to explain Big Data and why it matters. First, he defined Big Data simply as the data your organization cannot currently analyze. Though some technologists give more precise definitions, this sums up the challenge enterprises now face. If you can deal with allRead… Read more »