Miscellaneous

Watchdog group says public trust in Oyster card at risk

Travelers have paid millions of pounds in overcharges to London-area transportation providers and public trust in the Oyster card could be undermined, unless changes are made according to new research from London TravelWatch. The watchdog group, set up by Parliament to provide a voice for the traveling public, looked into concerns about “incomplete journeys” onRead… Read more »

2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries Now Available

The 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is now available: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF. Best Practices for Government Libraries for 2011 and prior years are all available from the right sidebar here on the Government Info Pro. Best Practices is a collaborative document that isRead… Read more »

Friday Fab Five: Efficiency, Authority, and How to Seriously Rock Your Resume

Happy Friday, everyone! You know what time it is. It’s time for the… Friday Fab 5! We’ve had some great blogs and discussions going on this week here on GovLoop so let’s take a look back and highlight a few of them! The information in these posts are great to reread and even use asRead… Read more »

Social Media & Elections: Using New Media to Manage an Election & Communicate with Voters

On Friday, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission held a roundtable discussion throughout the day on “Voting Goes Viral. Using New Media to Manage an Election and Communicate with Voters“. The archived video of the webcast is available here. An Introduction Their premise going into the day? There are a multitude of social media sources forRead… Read more »

2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries Now Available

The 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is is now available: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF. Best Practices for Government Libraries for 2011 and prior years are all available from the right sidebar here on the Government Info Pro. Best Practices is a collaborative document thatRead… Read more »

2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries Now Available

The 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is is now available: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF. Best Practices for Government Libraries for 2011 and prior years are all available from the right sidebar here on the Government Info Pro. Best Practices is a collaborative document thatRead… Read more »

Federal Senior Management Conference 2012 Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS Does your Agency have best practices to share with your peers across government? Does your business have valuable tools, innovations, and lessons learned that would help government executives improve their programs? Join 200 Federal managers on April 15-18, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, a short 90 minute ride from Washington,Read… Read more »

Cybersecurity Has Become A Multi-Front War

Reports surfaced from Reuters last week that an old cyber menace, the agent.btz work, is still bedeviling Defense Department networks. The worm, which first appeared in 2008, is resilient, and it appears to create open doors on machines for surreptitious downloading of other types of malware, such as keyloggers. Couple the worm attack with otherRead… Read more »

Creating Jobs through Energy Efficiency

A new study sponsored by the USGBC, the Real Estate Roundtable and the National Resources Defense Council asserts that 114,000 new jobs would be created by the White House’s Better Buildings Initiative. According to the press release, most of these would be created due to the Initiative’s tax deduction for energy efficiency upgrades. Of courseRead… Read more »