For many warriors the battle doesn’t end when they leave the battlefield and many organizations across the country are stepping up to help wounded veterans. Warriors and Quiet Waters is one of those organizations. The group, based in Bozeman, Montana, helps soldiers recuperate by teaching them to fly fish. They started the week long programRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 23th of May, 2012 Four of the Secret Service employees who were dismissed for inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month are fighting back. The Washington Post reports, the agents are arguing that the agency is making them scapegoats for behavior that the Secret Service hasRead… Read more »
My blog posts on the GSA so-called scandal and my first You Tube posting received plenty of attention so I figured I would follow it up with more good cheer. I hope my message got across and reason is starting to prevail. What happened to the GSA scandal? It’s barely in the news anymore –Read… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 22th of May, 2012 The Congressional Budget Office says letting feds partially retire could save the government more than $420 million in the next 9 years. Under the bill, a fed could work part time while taking a partial salary and get a part ofRead… Read more »
About a year and a half ago, we started realizing that GovLoop would be facing a significant problem over time. Members were producing hundreds of pieces of content each month in the form of blogs and and discussions. While that’s a great problem to have as it signifies a vibrant, active community, it also meantRead… Read more »
Recently, I was speaking with a new client who had just spent 43 hours writing her federal résumé and SES narratives. She said after that long she felt like she was writing the same thing over and over, knew there were typos and grammar errors, and just could not fathom reading them for at leastRead… Read more »
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The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 21st th of May, 2012 Despite a threat of veto from the White House the House has cleared a more than six hundred billion dollar defense budget blueprint. The authorization bill is for 2013 and includes more than a half trillion dollars for the Pentagon’sRead… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and monthsRead… Read more »
Here’s a bit of “inside Washington” trivia to pass around the office today – do members of congress have security clearances? The topic of security clearance for elected officials has long been a complex one. Members of congress – even those in sensitive committee positions – do not receive or obtain security clearances in theRead… Read more »