Myth-Busters: This week I traveled to Fort Worth and provided a policy update to the Greater Southwest Region’s 2012 Alliance for Quality Business Solutions Training Conference and Partnership Meeting. Next week I am off to St. Louis for the Heartland Region’s Facilities Maintenance and Hardware Center Industry Event entitled “The Innovation Locomotion.” GSA is toRead… Read more »
From the Davenport Institute: “Join us for a policy-focused follow up to last year’s “A Place in the World” conference. THURSDAY • MARCH 22, 2012 • 1-5 PM Pepperdine University Drescher Graduate Campus Auditorium The places where we spend our days – our homes, neighborhoods, and cities – shape us as much as we shapeRead… Read more »
Today and tomorrow (March 5th and 6th), Kansas Campus Compact is hosting The Kansas Hunger Dialogue in Overland Park, Kansas. The goal for this year’s Kansas Hunger Dialogue (this is its second year) is to develop a statewide consensus among institutions of higher learning to impact hunger with the state of Kansas and ultimately, theRead… Read more »
www.homelandsecuritynet.com US counter-terrorism officials say as the anticipation of a confrontation with Tehran over their nuclear program appears to be looming they believe that Iran is now providing “weapons and money” to various groups in an effort “to start as many bush fires as possible” with the goal of distracting the US and other regionalRead… Read more »
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is launching a new open data project focused on its justice system. The provincial government has created an online portal called Justice BC, which provides several new data sets about criminal proceedings and justice reform. Government officials hope to spark broader citizen engagement and raise awareness about the current challenges justiceRead… Read more »
via webdesign-guru.co.uk …and some New Developments. A Little Background Since the European ITSEC and US TCSEC product security evaluation mechanisms were merged into the Common Criteria in around 1998, lots of vendors’ product literature has sported EAL numbers regarding how well-tested their products are. What isn’t typically seen in such documents, though, is detail ofRead… Read more »
J-Joy; U-Unity; I-Integrity, Inspiration; C- commitment, courage; E-Empathy = JUICE If you are concerned because your office is receiving an increasing numbers of EEO complaints and there is general employee dissatisfaction throughout your agency, you are not alone. Many public and private organizations are experiencing the same phenomena. With the graying of the workforce, theRead… Read more »
So this week is when everyone in the digital/interactive world descends upon Austin, TX for an overwhelmingly intense display of what’s being done/what’s next in the space. New to the world of South by Southwest? Check out the main website for more information on the general scope of the event – here is the areaRead… Read more »
They have many titles [Chief of Staff, Sergeant Major, Senior Adviser, Policy Counselor, Special Assistant, Confidential Assistant/Adviser etc.] but one thing in common. They extend the eyes, ears and managerial control of a decision maker while having little, if any positional authority of their own. Project/program managers need to understand the role of these individualsRead… Read more »
The creation of simplicity is a complex process Sarah Lay Original post