I’ve been organizing this amazing group of government open source practitioners. Mostly, it’s Drupal, but we do have some plone and joomla folks as well. We have gotten together for show and tells and in September, we held our first coding sprint. At the end of the sprint, we built an open atrium site weRead… Read more »
When Significant Capital Needs Precede Customer Payments on Government Contracts -by Richard Lewis, Financial Engineering Counselors, Ltd. The Good News: Your Company has landed a new Government contract, one that will result in a significant increase in revenues. The Challenge: In order to fulfill this contract, you must commit to additional people (payroll), training, materials,Read… Read more »
Seasonality becomes a big factor (I don’t know why this formats the way it does. Please bear with me. Thanks) Stocks started last week on a down note, continuing the pullback from the recent highs. But by the end of the week the market began to rebound and most of the stock indexes finished higherRead… Read more »
Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to report that HHS employees in the National Capital Area are again stepping up to support the Combined Federal Campaign. Your contributions to the 2010 CFCNCA will help more than 4,000 charitable organizations provide health care, housing support and other important services that are in even greater demand this yearRead… Read more »
Good stories are a basic unit of communication. Gets to the point in a minute or less. Good stories go beyond words to form a lasting mental picture in the listeners’ mind. In Talk Your Business – How to make more and better sales right away! everyone gets to develop a story that interests them,Read… Read more »
It’s that time again… Friday’s Fab Five! Every Friday, we’re summarizing the best of the week and highlighting five members or moments that were especially awesome. The Most Commented Blog of the Week goes to Jay Daughtry for his post “7 Questions to Reflect on Before Hiring a College Intern for Social Media”. Jay asksRead… Read more »
Originally posted on the Adobe Government Bits Blog November 18th, 2010 | Posted by John Cristofano Recently, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. The Act includes a number of provisions intended to increase access to video programming on television and the Internet, require access to theRead… Read more »
Are your references ready to help you land a job? Do you know how to prepare your references so they are an asset to your search and not a stumbling block? Find out in this video by ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Strategist Patra Frame. In Patra’s own words, “Making the recruiter’s life easier is always a goodRead… Read more »
Until the laws change, and patients can request to have a dignified death, not much will change. This should not come out of fiscal necessity, but out of socially acceptable norms that allow for those seeking to terminate their existence, when quality of life degrades to the point of absurdity. Having worked in the VARead… Read more »
THURSDAY AT 2pm – GovLoop Chat with Anthony WIlliams – RSVP here One of the foundational books for Gov 2.0 has been Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by authors Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams. THE BEGINNINGSLaunched in December 2006, co-authors Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams were extremely critical for the beginnings of theRead… Read more »