EPP Team A visited the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank and met with the Director of Public Information and Bank Historian and with the Senior Vice President and Director of Research. We learned that the Kansas City Fed has led the federal reserve bank system in reinventing the mission of field offices from check clearingRead… Read more »
There is so much baggage around the word innovation and unfortunately, many people seem to believe that you need to have a MacBook Pro or an iPhone to be innovative. There are 5 step, 7 step, 9 step and 27 step processes to be innovative. Why do we make this process so difficult? Many peopleRead… Read more »
Mentoring is one of the most effective professional and career development options available for people. A major challenge for mentoring, however, is the lack of available time (or perceived lack of time) on the part of potential mentors to participate. A solution? How about mentoring in a flash. Flash mentoring is a one-time meeting orRead… Read more »
Thoughts from ELC A couple weeks back I went to the ACT/IAC Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg. It is arguably the premier federal IT conference of the year with over 800 people in attendance. I spoke on two different panels related to collaboration, Gov 2.0, and Gen Y. An interesting note from the questions wasRead… Read more »
We are currently working on our Team Agreements. A few items that we have discussed are Open Communication, Flexibility, Meeting Management, Decision Making, Conflict Resolution, Developing Outline and Strategy/Vision for our Site Visit and Presentation. We plan to complete our site report before the Kansas City training ends. We will commit to complete required assignments.Read… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Last week was a volatile week for the stock market and a strong finish on Friday solidified some decent gains for both the major indices, and the TSP stock funds. The C-fund closed up 2.33% for the week. The S-fund gained 1.64%Read… Read more »
A previous post laid out the Focus on Efficiency Framework: Plan – Decide – Implement – Review – Repeat. If you’ve reached this stage, you’ve decided to implement your project. Implementing means just that: Implementing the plans you made back in the Planning phase. You’ll implement using traditional project management techniques like PMBOK or whateverRead… Read more »
Letters sent to tens of thousands of employees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program contained errors in calculating potential premiums, the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday. The errors mean enrollees now have until March 15, 2010 to review their options and make final decisions on coverage. OPM learned of the errors fromRead… Read more »
I have never met Geekchick but after reading her comments I found her to be a very interesting person. She is one of those really cool people you can talk to for days about anything and everything. She started one of my favorite groups, Geeks in Government, so what is not to like about thisRead… Read more »
The Consumer Electronics Association has launched its first “Apps for Innovation” contest – with the winner to be announced at the International CES in Las Vegas on January 7. Judges, who include Center for Democracy and Technology CEO Leslie Harris, pollster and “The Way We’ll Be” author John Zogby, and political grassroots pioneer Jonah Seiger,Read… Read more »