When did a multi-million pound operation like a Council become reduced to ‘an organisation which provides libraries’? Some damn expensive libraries. And some abandoned other issues. Telling issues. Like youth centres. Like SureStart. Like all the voluntary sector funding gone. Like rural bus routes disappearing. I’m guessing some complaints might start appearing when the ‘10,000Read… Read more »
Greetings from the Main Reading Room of the National Library of Australia. Building work for the new “Treasures Gallery” and “Temporary Exhibition Gallery” had meant that new serials had been removed from the Main Reading Room to the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room downstairs. This left the main reading rooms with a few token shelvesRead… Read more »
Chris Quigley, co-founder of Delib UK discussed Gov 2.0 over lunch today at Old Parliament house in Canberra. He outlined campaigns run for the former and current UK governments. One interesting point was that contrary to conventional wisdom, there was less legal liability where the public’s posting to a forum were not moderated before beingRead… Read more »
I don’t know about you, but GovLoop really appreciates our interns. We try to give them meaningful (vs. menial) projects that enable them to learn something, expand their networks and advance their careers while they’re with us. We even call them Fellows vs. interns as it seems more distinguished…like the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program.Read… Read more »
Want to pick up a free valentine’s day gift? Well in the celebration of love we are giving away a free candle (cash value $35) to which ever GovLooper comes up with the best answer to this: What do you LOVE about your job? Not a hard question. We’ll pick the best answer this FridayRead… Read more »
So, day zero for Blackburn with Darwen draws to a close. There will be 500 or so compulsory redundancies and there is no way to avoid them. 500 more posts have been deleted – meaning a total, by mid summer of 1000 posts which will simply no longer exist. What that means for the peopleRead… Read more »
Congress’ Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 includes an array of provisions aimed at helping small businesses gain access to capital, compete for government contracting opportunities, expand exporting opportunities and obtain other assistance to help them grow and create jobs. One of those provisions is The Small Business Teaming Pilot Program which provides grants toRead… Read more »
CON 090 is over. It’s one hell of a class. Completely worth it. Below you’ll find links to my thoughts on every week. The First Day (“CON 090 Weekly Review: The First Day”) Week 1 (“Finishing the First Week of CON 090”) Week 2 (“Week 2 of CON 090”) Week 3 (“CON 090 Week 3”)Read… Read more »
Two opposing views have emerged this week regarding communications with industry. According to Sen McCaskill (D-MO), chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Contracting Oversight Subcommittee, the current relationship has apparently clouded the judgment of contracting officials to the point where objectivity has been compromised in contract award decisions. During a recentRead… Read more »
In “Adapt solar panels for off grid power in Queensland floods” I asked it would be possible to charge the battery in a UPS from a solar panel. The idea would be to disconnect a grid connected solar array during an extended blackout and use it to provide some power in a home or emergencyRead… Read more »