Happy Tuesday! An estimated 66,000 gay, lesbian and bisexual people are serving in the U.S. military, roughly 2 percent of all military personnel, according to a report released Tuesday by a gay rights policy center. The figures suggest a slight increase in the number of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the military, and they provideRead… Read more »
1. What is Armyhire.com? ArmyHire.com enables job seekers to apply for U.S. Government Civilian positions in the Army Contracting Command (ACC). The job openings are for contracting and procurement personnel, and are open to people currently employed in industry or in government. The website offers information about job opportunities with ACC, including job descriptions, informationRead… Read more »
Don’t forget to attend the First Robotics competition in DC March 4- March 6 at the Convention Center “To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.” Dean Kamen, Founder And if you want to be a volunteer, visitRead… Read more »
Another good video from CityCamp – lessons learned from CityCamp Favorite
I hear a lot of conversation about the barriers around social software, social media and similar tools. The most common ones i hear apart from “we can’t access the stuff” are “Risk”, “Information Security” and “FOI”. All of these are critical views to take on board when looking into social software whether you are lookingRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Despite a good start on Tuesday, the stock market and the TSP stock funds were down sharply last week following concerns that the Obama administration is planning to impose taxes and regulations on banks, which will likely hurt their bottom line. For the week, the stockRead… Read more »
Data Store – World Government Data Hi When I checked this out by looking at the data posted by country the results were: UK=1,699, U.S = 1042, New Zealand = 245 and Australia = 69. So on the face of it Australia is lagging behind. When I started to look at what is actually providedRead… Read more »
Do You Dance Any More? You may be surprised but I love to dance. I was that crazy guy in high school dancing by myself and the fun guy doing the Hammer dance at weddings. But you know what…I don’t dance much anymore. And I wish I did. I think it is good for theRead… Read more »
Deadline for session proposals to Gov 2.0 LA is midnight tonight (January 23): http://gov20la.org/submit-a-session.html
So today is the start of CityCamp…. There has been a really cool introductions going on via the citycamp listserv and it looks like a fascinating bunch of people. A couple quick thoughts: CityCamp seems to bring slightly different people than the Gov 2.0 Camps and conferences I’ve been to. For example: -More journalist-related, hyperlocalRead… Read more »